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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated 12 months ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
12 months ago
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Question 1
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Rothwell Holdings president Aaron Bell is suing the City of Cornwall, alleging the municipality conspired to "blacklist" him after his development company did what?
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Refused to sell the city land on a road it wants to widen.
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Went over budget on an arena project due to rising construction costs.
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Spoke at a parliamentary committee on the need to build more affordable housing.
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Reported questionable billing practices to the city's auditor general.
Question 2
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This project in the Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley has come under intense fire, with the owner of the company that had pitched it receiving a death threat at a community meeting. What is the project?
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A wind farm.
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A battery energy storage system.
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A package distribution warehouse.
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A mosque and community centre.
Question 3
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Eric Stubbs, Ottawa's police chief, touted a drug bust that led to the arrests of a pair of men on Tuesday as one of the largest in the force's history. Which of the following best describes what officers seized?
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Stubbs (binary/octet-stream)
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Some 44 kilograms of cocaine and crack cocaine.
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Roughly 6,000 fentanyl pills and other opioids.
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Three hectares' worth of illegal cannabis.
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About $6.5 million in heroin and methamphetamine.
Question 4
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Researchers in the Yukon say they want to learn more about Nun Cho Ga, so they're seeking the assistance of an institution in Ottawa. What IS Nun Cho Ga?
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Yukon (binary/octet-stream)
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A fossilized baby mammoth.
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A chunk of a comet that fell from space.
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A pictographic language found inside several caves.
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A two-headed shark.
Question 5
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Which former member of the Ottawa Senators organization did the team hire this week to serve as an adviser to its coaching staff?
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Daniel Alfredsson.
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Jacques Martin.
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Paul MacLean.
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Chris Phillips.
Question 6
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Ottawa city council passed its $5.8-billion budget for 2024 on Wednesday, but rejected a motion by Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Jessica Bradley that would have increased a levy on property tax bills to pay for what?
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A transit fare freeze.
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Thousands of affordable housing units.
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Sidewalk and road repairs in Orléans.
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Extra public toilets.
Question 7
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Why did the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation declare a state of emergency this week?
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Pik (binary/octet-stream)
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The community has been ravaged by opioid overdoses and needs more support.
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A nearby dike was threatening to burst.
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A sudden ice storm left it without electricity.
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Residents were fed up with years of boil-water advisories.
Question 8
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"The lack of a provincewide strategy to help hospitals prevent ___________________, in addition to ongoing staffing shortages, continues to put a strain on hospitals." What three missing words from Nick Stavropoulos, Ontario's acting auditor general, go in that blank?
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Respiratory virus outbreaks.
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Emergency department closures.
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Violence against employees.
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Ambulance off-load delays.
Question 9
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What did Ryan Weiss apologize for on Thursday at a House of Commons committee?
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Canada Life's administration of the country's largest health-care plan.
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A video aired at the Ontario Liberal Party convention featuring Speaker Greg Fergus.
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Rising food prices at Canada's large grocery store chains.
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The use of tools to extract personal data by several federal departments.
Question 10
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The Cumberland Lions Club and the Cumberland Community Association helped raise more than $16,000 for the Fouchard-Mykytyn family after their two children were diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. What business does the couple run in the community?
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A bakery.
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A pharmacy.
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A craft brewery.
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A bookstore.
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