Mayor Jim Watson said Wednesday he wished he could reopen which of the following — since they represent a low risk of viral transmission — but provincial restrictions currently don't allow it?
Paul Lem, the CEO of Ottawa-based Spartan Bioscience, said he had "full confidence" the company would be able to fix a problem with its rapid COVID-19 test kits and and have them available by the summer. What was the problem?
The test cartridge was damaging some of the swabs once they were inserted.
The algorithm used to determine a positive or negative result was flawed.
An optical component wasn't properly scanning the DNA in the test sample.
Question 4
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When Ottawa's Polonie Dance Group learned their annual spring performance had been cancelled due to COVID-19, how did instructor Andrzej Borowiec ensure their dancing would still be seen?
He recorded each of the dancers performing separately in a Zoom hangout.
He created a stop-motion animation version of one of their dances using Lego people.
He replicated the troupe's sets, costumes and dancers on Animal Crossing.
He dressed up his two cats and two dogs in traditional costumes and staged a performance in his living room.
Question 5
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Thomas and Erika Lavelle are facing the possibility they'll have to have their first child outside Canada after Thomas was denied entry to his wife's home country. Where are they currently stranded?
Dave Harries has created a sculpture using spare car parts, rusted tools and other pieces of scrap metal and is renting it out to curious Ottawans, with proceeds going to the food bank. What does the sculpture depict?
Which eastern Ontario city's mayor denied his community was trying to "go rogue" by requesting the province's regions get more say in lifting and imposing COVID-19 restrictions?