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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
over 4 years ago
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Question 1
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Pharmacist Sarah Swanson says she's been overwhelmed by the demand for the COVID-19 vaccine in her small town, the closest one to Ottawa where pharmacies can give people the shot. Where does she work?
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Sharbot Lake.
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Westport.
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Wilno.
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Mallorytown.
Question 2
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Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly announced a temporary halt Monday to "no-knock" raids, a controversial police practice where officers barge into a person's home without warning. According to police, what's the motivation behind the majority of those raids?
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Arresting gang members.
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Preventing people from harming themselves.
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Getting drugs and weapons off the streets.
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Preserving evidence.
Question 3
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A 26-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing last weekend near Belleville, Ont. Who was stabbed?
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An OPP officer.
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A local firefighter.
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A relative of the city's mayor.
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A public health nurse.
Question 4
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Julia Borris told CBC News there's a "large feeling of loss" at the news she and about 70 of her fellow workers won't be returning to their positions post-pandemic. What was her job?
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She was a chef at a hotel.
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She tended bar at Lansdowne Park.
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She worked in marketing for the Ottawa Redblacks.
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She was an IT specialist for the federal government.
Question 5
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Why did the City of Ottawa decide to run shuttle buses Tuesday to get people to their vaccine appointments?
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Older Ottawans had complained the vaccine locations were too hard to get to.
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A distribution error meant one location ran out of doses.
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Problems with the province's online booking system led to mass confusion.
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An incorrect mailout gave eligible people the wrong vaccine clinic address.
Question 6
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Why did the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board choose to close Manor Park Public School this week?
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Ocdsb (binary/octet-stream)
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There was a major COVID-19 outbreak tied to a local hockey team.
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There weren't enough teachers for the school to operate.
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A water main burst and flooded the building.
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Asbestos was found in the school's walls.
Question 7
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Ottawa police were still on the scene of this fire in an agricultural building south of Blackburn Hamlet Thursday, two days after it broke out. Why?
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Fire (binary/octet-stream)
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They'd discovered a clandestine drug lab.
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Nearly two dozen cows perished in the fire.
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It was the latest in a string of arsons in the area.
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Smouldering embers set off fireworks Thursday, reigniting the blaze.
Question 8
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Debbie Robinson is lauding the province's decision to include $2.8 billion in this week's budget to do what between now and 2025?
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Expand broadband internet in Ontario.
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Build thousands of affordable housing units.
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Break ground on a new Ottawa hospital facility.
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Compensate municipalities for lost transit revnue.
Question 9
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Brian Nadler was charged Friday with one count of first-degree murder as Ontario Provincial Police investigate several suspicious deaths that occurred where?
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Nadler (binary/octet-stream)
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At a hospital in Hawkesbury.
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At a long-term care facility in Pembroke.
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At a jail outside Kingston.
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On a rural highway near Bancroft.
Question 10
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According to Phil Morneault, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven demand for which of the following summer items through the roof?
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Swimming pools.
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Motorboats and other pleasure craft.
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Patio equipment.
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Golf clubs, bags, and other accessories.
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