CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Aug. 23

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Quiz sobre CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Aug. 23, criado por Trevor Pritchard em 27-08-2020.
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Questão 1

Questão
Which public spaces are now included in the city's expanded mandatory mask bylaw?
Responda
  • City parks and green spaces.
  • Common areas of apartment buildings and condominiums, including lobbies and elevators.
  • Parking lots outside grocery stores.
  • All sidewalks throughout the city.

Questão 2

Questão
What explanation did the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board give this week for passing a budget with its largest deficit ever?
Responda
  • A large increase in student enrolment.
  • The costs are associated with building new schools.
  • Accounting irregularities in last year's budget.
  • Increased costs related to COVID-19, as well as extra spending stemming from renegotiated collective agreements.

Questão 3

Questão
Uber will now be permanently available in cities across Quebec including Gatineau, after years of fighting between Uber, the taxi industry and the Quebec government. Why is Uber now able to expand into Quebec?
Responda
  • Taxi drivers' unions have agreed to allow Uber into the market.
  • Uber is ignoring protests from the taxi industry and pushing ahead with expansion.
  • Bill 17, which deregulates the province's taxi industry, comes into effect in October.
  • The federal government has announced legislation paving the way for Uber to enter markets across Canada.

Questão 4

Questão
The Vanier Sugar Shack was heavily damaged by fire on Thursday. What is unique about the sugar shack at the Vanier Museopark?
Responda
  • It is one of only a few active urban sugar shacks.
  • It was the oldest sugar shack in Canada.
  • It's known as having the most delicious maple syrup in Ontario.
  • The sugar bush in Vanier is the largest in the world.

Questão 5

Questão
Why have school buses in Ottawa been delayed until Sept. 14?
Responda
  • Operators need more time to deep clean buses before the start of school.
  • The transportation authority needs time to adapt to last-minute changes to school schedules amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The transportation authority is facing a shortage of bus drivers.
  • Officials have decided to wait and see how smoothly the first week back to school runs before starting bus routes.

Questão 6

Questão
What is the meaning behind the expression "COVID-19 long-haulers"?
Responda
  • People who have had to travel long distances to receive medical attention for COVID-19.
  • Patients who have had to wait in line for hours to be tested for COVID-19.
  • Experts who view the COVID-19 pandemic as something that will not disappear for a long time to come.
  • People who contracted COVID-19 weeks or even months ago, and continue to experience symptoms.

Questão 7

Questão
Who said at Wednesday's city council meeting that COVID-19 cases in Ottawa have "stabilized," but that things could change quickly?
Responda
  • Mayor Jim Watson
  • Coun. Keith Egli
  • A family physician invited to speak
  • Dr. Vera Etches

Questão 8

Questão
Ottawa's largest school board says it will reduce the number of students per class in which neighbourhoods?
Responda
  • Those with the highest population density.
  • Those where the spread of COVID-19 has been relatively high.
  • Those with the highest concentration of teachers living nearby.
  • Those considered most at risk for future outbreaks of COVID-19.

Questão 9

Questão
Mayor Jim Watson asked city council to formally denounce the controversial practice of conversion therapy. He said he planned to also ask the federal government to do what?
Responda
  • Denounce the practice across Canada.
  • Reintroduce a bill criminalizing the controversial practice during the upcoming session of Parliament.
  • Provide funding to those who have undergone the therapy.
  • Study the effects on people who have undergone the therapy.

Questão 10

Questão
Trustees at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board rejected a plan to make masks mandatory for students in Kindergarten to Grade 3. Instead, it adopted what type of language around mask use for younger students?
Responda
  • They will "encourage" mask use for younger students.
  • They "don't recommend" mask use for younger students.
  • Mask use for younger students "won't be encouraged."
  • They "wish" mask use for younger students had been mandated.

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