CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Dec. 1

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How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
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Resumen del Recurso

Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Who did West Carleton-March Coun. Clarke Kelly get into a heated confrontation with in July, leading to an integrity commissioner's report this month that found he violated the city's code of conduct?
Respuesta
  • Staff at a daycare.
  • A community police officer.
  • An employee with the public works department.
  • A barista at a Stittsville coffee shop.

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Hawkesbury, Ont., Mayor Robert Lefebvre is one of several mayors in eastern Ontario who are blaming WHICH of the following for the need to hike property taxes in their 2025 budgets?
Respuesta
  • A spike in provincial police costs.
  • Tariffs threatened by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.
  • Uncertainties around climate change.
  • The restructuring of Ontario's health-care units.

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Some advocates and members of opposition parties are accusing the Ford government of being anti-democratic for potentially fast-tracking WHICH bill without holding public consultations?
Respuesta
  • One that would overhaul how bike lanes in Ontario are built.
  • One that would force some drug consumption sites to close.
  • One that would curtail the scope of environmental assessments.
  • One that would let municipalities boot misbehaving councillors out of office.

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
In a news release Wednesday, lawyer Christian Saraïlis wrote that his law firm had reached a "fair and equitable settlement" in a class-action suit first authorized in 2018 involving WHICH group of workers?
Respuesta
  • Some federal government employees dealing with Phoenix pay issues.
  • Health-care workers who had their wages garnished by the Ford government.
  • Grocery and convenience store employees forced to work through the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Ontario firefighters who'd been exposed to toxic chemicals for decades.

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Ottawa police laid more than four dozen charges Wednesday against 33-year-old Tyler Low. What is Low accused of doing?
Respuesta
  • Attacking people and vehicles near an Orléans mall.
  • Running a chain of psychedelic mushroom stores in Ontario.
  • Trafficking the fentanyl that led Belleville, Ont., to declare a state of emergency.
  • Defrauding dozens of people applying for Canadian citizenship.

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Jonathan Hobin and Lucas de Faria told CBC that they were never really expecting to find a stranger willing to do WHAT when they made a post on a local Facebook group?
Respuesta
  • Donate a kidney to de Faria.
  • Carry the couple's child to term.
  • Adopt their epileptic cat.
  • Swap houses with them.

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Which of the following amenities, for which the city has set aside $1 million in its 2025 budget, could end up being installed in Dundonald Park?
Respuesta
  • A self-cleaning washroom.
  • Two pickleball courts.
  • A large glowing "Centretown" sign.
  • A half-dozen security cameras.

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
According to both city and provincial officials, what's being blamed for murky water in Green's Creek?
Respuesta
  • Runoff from a nearby quarry.
  • A rare November algae bloom.
  • Higher-than-normal manganese levels upstream.
  • Leaching from the city's landfill.

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
The holiday movie Hot Frosty has shot to the top of Netflix's most-watched list globally, racking up more than 28 million views in its first two weeks. In which eastern Ontario community was the majority of the film shot?
Respuesta
  • Brockville.
  • Carleton Place.
  • Merrickville.
  • Perth.

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Why is the Canada Post strike, which has now passed the two-week mark, particularly concerning for Marc Caron and Manon Gignac?
Respuesta
  • Caron's coverage for his cancer medication has been terminated.
  • Their charity can't ship toques and mittens to their mostly-rural clients.
  • They were going to visit Gignac's ailing mother in France but can't get their passports.
  • They're in danger of missing mortgage payments on their Kanata home.
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