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Test por Trevor Pritchard, actualizado hace más de 1 año
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Creado por Trevor Pritchard
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In this photo, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation Chief Wendy Jocko stands a few hundred metres from a spot local history enthusiasts want to commemorate with signs and art. Why is the spot important?
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It served as a portage route that her great-grandfather used to bypass Rideau Falls.
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It was the site of a skirmish during the American Revolution where her ancestors fought heroically.
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Several pre-contact artifacts were discovered during recent soil remediation work.
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It housed one of a number former Algonquin trading posts in the Ottawa Valley.
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What are Gary Atkins, Marcus Leech, and Doug Yuill doing inside this donated trailer in Rideau Ferry, Ont.?
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Recording experimental electronic versions of the first three albums by The Tragically Hip.
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Studying the radio waves emitted by stars, planets and other celestial bodies.
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Managing thousands of cryptocurrency transactions.
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Building an internet archive of eastern Ontario newspaper articles, council reports and other documents.
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This graffiti, which workers sprayed off of the side of Ottawa City Hall Monday, claimed that Mayor Jim Watson was what?
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A dope.
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A fraud.
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A thief.
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A pretty good guy, all things considered.
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Which Ottawa city councillor announced they would not be seeking a fourth term in office, noting that serving on council was never something they "considered a career?"
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Scott Moffatt.
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Diane Deans.
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Jeff Leiper.
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Keith Egli.
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Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury says he'll work to stop the upcoming purchase of seven city vehicles unless they're electric. What kind of vehicles is he talking about?
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Para Transpo buses.
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Ice resurfacers.
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Snowplows.
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Garbage trucks.
Pregunta 6
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This is one of five possible designs for a forthcoming memorial to be built near the Supreme Court of Canada. Who will it commemorate?
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Victims of global fascism.
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LGBTQ2+ employees purged by the federal government.
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Indigenous children who were sent to residential school.
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Chinese workers who died building the national railroad.
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Which former Ottawa Senators defenceman, seen here earlier in his career in Calgary, announced his retirement Tuesday?
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Dion Phaneuf.
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Erik Karlsson.
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Mark Borowiecki.
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Marc Methot.
Pregunta 8
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What words did Caroline Mulroney, Ontario's minister of transportation, use to describe the problems plaguing Ottawa's light rail network when she announced Wednesday the province would launch a public inquiry?
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"Unacceptable and disappointing."
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"Simply not something we can allow."
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"Suspicious and potentially criminal."
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"Befuddling and inconceivable."
Pregunta 9
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According to emails obtained by CBC, who repeatedly informed officials there were problems with the Confederation Line in the weeks before the city took possession of $2.1-billion LRT network?
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Former OC Transpo head John Manconi.
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City manager Steve Kanellakos.
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Peter Lauch, the then-CEO of Rideau Transit Group.
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Citizen transit commissioner Sarah Wright-Gilbert.
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Cardinal, Ont., astronomer Roger Hill says it was a "lifelong dream" come true when the International Astronomical Union recently named which of the following after him?
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An asteroid located between Mars and Jupiter.
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A comet that recently passed through the solar system.
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A gaseous region of the Oort cloud.
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A quasar roughly 10 billion light years from Earth.
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