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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated 3 months ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
3 months ago
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Question 1
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Audrey Leduc is the new Canadian women's record-holder in WHICH athletic discipline, after the 25-year-old from Gatineau, Que., bested a mark that had been set by Angela Bailey all the way back in 1987?
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The 100-metre dash.
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Freestyle 400-metre swimming.
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Pole vaulting.
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The marathon.
Question 2
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Gatineau police were called to a retirement home in the Lac-Beauchamp district on Monday when 81-year-old Réjean Lavigne, seen here in an undated photo, was stabbed while doing what?
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Raking leaves in the garden.
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Waiting for the bus.
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Playing pétanque on the front lawn.
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Practising tai chi.
Question 3
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By the end of 2024, what will be the speed limit on the vast majority of Highway 416, as well as on three additional stretches of Highway 401 in eastern Ontario?
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Hwy401 (binary/octet-stream)
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90 km/h.
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100 km/h.
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110 km/h.
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120 km/h.
Question 4
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Moira Stephen told CBC how she had to be taken to hospital with serious bruising and cuts on her legs after she and her dog Duchess were attacked by WHAT?
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Three unleashed dogs.
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A wild coyote.
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A flock of Canada geese.
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A pair of raccoons.
Question 5
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What measure is Ontario's labour minister expected to announce in forthcoming legislation — a measure designed to reduce the amount of work facing the province's family physicians?
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Doctor (binary/octet-stream)
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Medical schools will have to relax their admission requirements.
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Pharmacists will be able to prescribe medication for 16 new conditions.
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Employers will no longer be able to require sick notes from workers.
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Every family doctor in Ontario will get a robotic assistant.
Question 6
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According to sources, what's complicating the federal government's plan for a buyback program that seeks to remove some 144,000 banned firearms from private hands?
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Ar 15 (binary/octet-stream)
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Canada Post won't collect the firearms.
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Several banks are refusing to process the transactions.
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The plant where the weapons would be recycled has shut down.
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Recent data breaches have raised concerns about the gun owners' privacy.
Question 7
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Claudie Larouche is being hailed as a hero by some Ottawans for untangling WHAT city data and presenting it on her own website for others to use?
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Athletic and social event schedules.
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Agendas and minutes from city meetings.
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OC Transpo bus and train schedules.
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City construction projects, including road and pathway closures.
Question 8
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Ontario Provincial Police arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with a spree of stabbings Wednesday night that left three people with life-threatening injuries in which Highway 62 community?
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Opp (binary/octet-stream)
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Bancroft.
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Madoc.
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Marmora.
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Tweed.
Question 9
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Sheldon Bestgreen pleaded guilty Thursday to violating Ontario's workplace safety laws in the death of an employee on May 5, 2023. What happened to the worker that day?
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He was electrocuted while trimming a hedge.
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He fell six metres from scaffolding at a construction site.
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A backhoe pinned him up against a wall.
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He suffered heatstroke while installing shingles.
Question 10
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Another e-scooter season is underway in Ottawa, with several changes in place for 2024. Which of the following is NOT, however, among those changes?
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The daily riding window has been extended from 5 a.m. until 1 a.m.
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Riders will have to prove they're sober after 11 p.m.
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If riders hop off a scooter in the ByWard Market after 11 p.m., they can't book another one.
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Riders will be able to use NCC pathways after 6 p.m. and on weekends.
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