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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
over 2 years ago
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Question 1
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Ottawa couple Jessica Rochon and Alison Holmes were dismayed to learn their mortgage pre-approval for their new home had been turned down — incorrectly, it turns out. What had happened?
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Rochon's credit history was confused with someone with the same name.
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The couple's bank inadvertently failed to send in their documents.
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They were one of roughly a dozen clients allegedly defrauded by a mortgage broker.
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Someone stole Holmes' credit information and went on a spending spree.
Question 2
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The Ontario government announced a new curriculum for Grades 1 to 8 this week in which of the following areas?
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Science.
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Math.
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Second languages.
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Sexual education.
Question 3
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Which convoy protest organizer was freed from jail Monday after pledging, among other things, to leave Ottawa within 24 hours and return to Alberta?
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Convoy (binary/octet-stream)
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Tamara Lich.
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Pat King.
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Chris Barber.
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Steeve Charland.
Question 4
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Which Ottawa-based business added its name to a list of international companies pulling out of Russia and Belarus, saying Tuesday they were "deeply unsettled by the unprovoked attacks and ongoing war" in Ukraine?
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Shopify.
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BlackBerry.
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Corel.
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Second Cup.
Question 5
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Former Ottawa Police Service chief administrative officer Jeff Letourneau is suing the force for more than $2.7 million, claiming he was unfairly dismissed after an anonymous email alleged he'd done what?
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Failed to pay taxes on a take-home vehicle.
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Charged overtime for providing consulting services to another agency.
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Procured office furniture from his brother-in-law's company.
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Secretly recorded conversations with other higher-ups.
Question 6
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Mary Mokrushyna's effort to bring her mother, brother and sister safely to Canada from Ukraine has mobilized people in which eastern Ontario community to also do what they can to help?
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Carleton Place.
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Barry's Bay.
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Brockville.
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Almonte.
Question 7
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Which municipal body did Coun. Carol Anne Meehan resign from Wednesday, after she admitted to a "slip of the tongue" in which she shared information from a confidential meeting with a local BIA?
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The Ottawa Police Services Board.
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The Ottawa Public Library Board.
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The Ottawa Community Housing Corporation.
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The Transit Commission.
Question 8
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Dr. Paul Roumeliotis of the Eastern Ontario Health Unit was one of a number of health officials who questioned the province's decision to do what on March 21?
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Stop reporting daily COVID-19 cases.
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Reduce the number of PCR testing sites.
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Lift the mask mandate.
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Do away with mandatory vaccination for health-care workers.
Question 9
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Aid worker and activist Nadima Noor was arrested without charge in mid-February but released Wednesday after her brother in Ottawa went public with her story. In which country was she being detained?
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Afghanistan.
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Belarus.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Saudi Arabia.
Question 10
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Hintonburg business owner Carlos Ascencio told CBC News this week that with gas prices hitting jawdropping heights, frustrated car owners are thinking about doing what?
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Purchasing an electric bike.
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Delaying their post-pandemic return to the office.
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Buying homes near current and future LRT stations.
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Postponing their March Break vacations.
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