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const title = "Weekly Quiz: Contested Care, Clean Water, and Canada’s Changing Crease"; const date = "February 14, 2026"; const data = [ { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/Web_TheOlympicsShouldFollowSkateCanada_Feb26_03_Compressed.gif", title: "Skate Canada Stood Up for Trans Athletes. Will the Olympics Follow Suit?", url: "hhttps://thewalrus.ca/the-sports-organization-that-stood-up-to-alberta/", question: "In late 2024, the Alberta government passed the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act—banning trans women and girls from competing in women’s sports—alongside a slate of other anti-trans policies. The following year, Skate Canada took a decisive step to stand up for its trans athletes. What did the organization do?", options: [ "It published a strongly worded open letter on social media", "It threatened to suspend Alberta athletes from national competition", "It announced it would no longer host events in Alberta", "It filed a legal challenge against the Alberta government", ], answer: "It announced it would no longer host events in Alberta", correct: "In late 2025, Skate Canada—the governing body responsible for competitive figure skating in the country—announced it would no longer host events in Alberta due to the province’s restrictions on transgender athletes. “Skate Canada has determined that we are unable to host events in the province while maintaining our national standards for safe and inclusive sport,” the organization said in a mid-December statement. In a series of social media posts, Alberta premier Danielle Smith called the 2025 Skate Canada decision “disgraceful.” But her strong reaction hints at the tangible impact a move like this can have on a region.", incorrect: "In late 2025, Skate Canada—the governing body responsible for competitive figure skating in the country—announced it would no longer host events in Alberta due to the province’s restrictions on transgender athletes. “Skate Canada has determined that we are unable to host events in the province while maintaining our national standards for safe and inclusive sport,” the organization said in a mid-December statement. In a series of social media posts, Alberta premier Danielle Smith called the 2025 Skate Canada decision “disgraceful.” But her strong reaction hints at the tangible impact a move like this can have on a region.", }, { title: "The Yukon’s Most Important Piece of Infrastructure Is a Plastic Blue Jug", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/the-yukons-most-important-piece-of-infrastructure-is-a-plastic-blue-jug/", question: "Residents of Mount Lorne, a hamlet located forty kilometres south of Whitehorse, came together to lobby for improved water infrastructure in their off-grid community. In August 2024, the Yukon government greenlit a new water treatment centre and fill station. How much funding was allocated for the project?", options: [ "$1.2 million", "$2.4 million", "$3.6 million", "$5.1 million", ], answer: "$3.6 million", correct: "In partnership with the Government of Canada, the Yukon announced a new $3.6 million water treatment centre and fill station in Mount Lorne. Jess Sellers, president of the Mount Lorne Community Association, is cautiously optimistic about the project. Since she moved up to the Yukon, eleven years ago, she’s never had running water. It’s the “clean cut” order of knowing what survival demands—keeping her dogs, rabbits, and chickens watered and warm—that appeals to her about the lifestyle. It’s the kind of lifestyle people want “to age into,” but they can’t do it alone. “The community has to take care of them,” says Sellers.", incorrect: "In partnership with the Government of Canada, the Yukon announced a new $3.6 million water treatment centre and fill station in Mount Lorne. Jess Sellers, president of the Mount Lorne Community Association, is cautiously optimistic about the project. Since she moved up to the Yukon, eleven years ago, she’s never had running water. It’s the “clean cut” order of knowing what survival demands—keeping her dogs, rabbits, and chickens watered and warm—that appeals to her about the lifestyle. It’s the kind of lifestyle people want “to age into,” but they can’t do it alone. “The community has to take care of them,” says Sellers.", }, { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/WEB_HockeyQuebec_FEB26-735x490.jpg", title: "End of an Era: Quebec Players Missing from Men’s Olympic Hockey", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/quebecs-olympic-hockey-heartbreak/", question: "For the first time since 1952, Canada’s twenty-five-man men’s Olympic hockey delegation won’t include any players from Quebec, a province traditionally central to the sport. According to The Walrus contributing writer Toula Drimonis, what appears to have contributed to this decline?", options: [ "Rising costs, competition from other sports, and a lack of facilities", "Restrictive recruitment schemes, early specialization pressures, and athlete burnout", "The increased migration of Quebec players to European leagues", "The frayed relationship between Hockey Quebec and Hockey Canada", ], answer: "Rising costs, competition from other sports, and a lack of facilities", correct: "The decline appears to have multiple causes, explains Drimonis. Hockey participation has fallen as soccer and basketball gain ground, while rising costs have made the sport inaccessible for many families. The shortage of outdoor refrigerated rinks means less ice time for development, and abuse and hazing scandals in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League—culminating in the resignation of its commissioner in 2023—have only further eroded the sport’s appeal.", incorrect: "The decline appears to have multiple causes, explains Drimonis. Hockey participation has fallen as soccer and basketball gain ground, while rising costs have made the sport inaccessible for many families. The shortage of outdoor refrigerated rinks means less ice time for development, and abuse and hazing scandals in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League—culminating in the resignation of its commissioner in 2023—have only further eroded the sport’s appeal.", }, { title: "Alberta Knew Measles Was Harming Pregnant Patients—But Stayed Silent", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/alberta-knew-measles-was-harming-pregnant-patients/", question: "In late November 2025, Alberta introduced Bill 11, a piece of legislation most widely known for paving the way for a two-tiered health care system. How quickly did the bill receive royal assent?", options: [ "12 days", "24 days", "39 days", "55 days", ], answer: "24 days", correct: "On November 24, just two weeks after losing its measles elimination status, the province introduced Bill 11 which, among other things, would allow for more doctors to offer their services in private settings, in the name of patient autonomy. It’s widely known as the legislation paving the way for a two-tiered health care system. The bill received royal assent in a blistering twenty-four days. Autonomy was invoked to fast-track the reimagining of an entire health care system but denied when patients and clinicians needed information on how measles impacted pregnancy.", incorrect: "On November 24, just two weeks after losing its measles elimination status, the province introduced Bill 11 which, among other things, would allow for more doctors to offer their services in private settings, in the name of patient autonomy. It’s widely known as the legislation paving the way for a two-tiered health care system. The bill received royal assent in a blistering twenty-four days. Autonomy was invoked to fast-track the reimagining of an entire health care system but denied when patients and clinicians needed information on how measles impacted pregnancy.", }, ];

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