CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Jan. 24

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How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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Ottawa nurse Santosh Baral said he was left "speechless" when he learned which of the following pieces of news this week?
Answer
  • He'd been mistakenly given one dose from two different COVID-19 vaccines.
  • He'd tested positive for COVID-19 after getting both his shots.
  • He'd been fired for travelling outside Canada to visit his ailing father.
  • He'd been outed as Canada's first case of a highly contagious COVID-19 variant.

Question 2

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Kherin Dimalanta arrived in Canada on a live-in caregiver visa more than three years ago and is now fighting to remain here. What's jeopardizing her hope of getting permanent residency status?
Answer
  • She was diagnosed with a chronic disease.
  • Officials uncovered a charge for cannabis possession in her home country.
  • Her name is spelled differently on her application and her birth certificate.
  • She was ticketed for allegedly violating COVID-19 rules.

Question 3

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According to an independent report, in which Ottawa workplace were employees subject to "yelling, screaming, aggressive conduct, demeaning comments and public humiliations?"
Answer
  • A suburban city councillor's office.
  • Rideau Hall.
  • The Canadian Museum of History.
  • The Ottawa Police Service.

Question 4

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On Tuesday, health officials in Kingston, Ont., reported the region's first case of one of the more contagious strains of COVID-19. How do they believe the person got infected?
Answer
  • They'd been on a business trip to the Simcoe-Muskoka area.
  • They'd travelled to the Ottawa Valley to visit family.
  • Their home-care worker was commuting from just outside Peterborough.
  • They'd taken an overseas trip to the south of France.

Question 5

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Union leader Clint Crabtree is calling for the workers he represents to be given priority when it comes to being immunized against COVID-19. Who would that be?
Answer
  • OC Transpo employees.
  • Paramedics.
  • Custodial staff.
  • Dental hygienists.

Question 6

Question
Which of the following did Ottawa city council vote Wednesday to extend until almost the end of April?
Answer
  • A transit fare freeze.
  • The deadline to appeal fines for breaking public health rules.
  • A reservation system for city rinks and toboggan hills.
  • The city's mandatory mask bylaw.

Question 7

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Which city councillor pleaded guilty to two charges under the Municipal Elections Act that were related to how she financed her 2018 election campaign?
Answer
  • Laura Dudas.
  • Jenna Sudds.
  • Theresa Kavanagh.
  • Carol Anne Meehan.

Question 8

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If Mayor Jim Watson gets his way, who will the decommissioned Prince of Wales Bridge be renamed after?
Answer
  • A former Ottawa Centre MP who died in 2019.
  • A respected Kitigan Zibi elder and longtime chief.
  • Ottawa's first female city councillor.
  • The first person to hold the title of Ottawa Riverkeeper.

Question 9

Question
Police charged a 33-year-old man Thursday after four people were stabbed the night before. Where did the stabbings occur?
Answer
  • At a homeless shelter.
  • At a hospital's emergency department.
  • At a house party.
  • Outside a bus stop.

Question 10

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What did Gatineau, Que., Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin announce Thursday?
Answer
  • That he had tested positive for COVID-19.
  • That the city would be breaking ground on a new main library.
  • That he would be taking two months' leave for immersive English-language courses.
  • That he would not be running for re-election in 2021.
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