A family lives in the village of Anastasyevka, Shegarsky district: father, mother and six children. Four of the children are adopted. It cannot be said that parents always dreamed of a big family. But one day a disaster happened that changed their lives. Alla Nikolaevna, mother: “My grandmother recommended the very first one to me. There was a car accident where I miraculously survived. And my grandmother said that since God saved you, then you should give life to others.

The conflict continues between homeowners' associations and the Tomsk Communal Systems enterprise. Many HOAs refuse to enter into contracts for the supply of utilities. Ultimately, this could lead to widespread outages of heat, water and electricity. Anatoly Smirnov, chairman of the HOA on Stepanovka, it is considered one of the exemplary ones. Outside of the governor's programs, heat meters and water meters have long been installed here. Janitors and cleaners work almost around the clock.

Workers fired from the Ekstrasib plant today went on an indefinite hunger strike. Thus, they decided to fight for the money that the management of the enterprise owed them. For a month now, people have been living practically without any means of subsistence. According to them, the only option left to them is to appeal to public opinion. "Extrasib" is considered a sensitive facility. Therefore, today the workers were unable to get there again.

The spring conscription into the army has begun. This event was preceded by the escape of 73 servicemen from the Sormovo division near Moscow. They left the unit in protest after an officer from the same unit beat up their colleague. However, today the division leadership officially denied the fact of mass AWOL. Army officials said it was all an April Fool's joke. You don’t choose the oath, but the oath chooses you.

Conflict between the city Department of Education and the Fregat children's club. The club's management declares that it does not want to raise tuition fees, but the mayor's office is persistently pushing them to do so. The city government accuses the club of accounting fraud. Even specialists from the Department of Internal Affairs for Combating Economic Crimes got involved in this dispute. There is no other club like this in Tomsk. Children here are taught how to skillfully use technology.

Today is International Children's Book Day. Many libraries in our city will open specialized exhibitions and host events. And the regional children's and youth library began celebrating the book holiday today. Children's book week started unusually at the regional children's and youth library.

Chernobyl survivor Ivanov determined in advance April 1 for the start of his hunger strike. He sent letters about this to the prosecutor's office, the Regional Court and the media. Today at 8.30 am he was already in place - at the Regional Court building. By coincidence, Chernobyl survivor Ivanov began to go on hunger strike next to the memorial plaque erected in honor of his namesake - the former chairman of the Tomsk Regional Court. It was not by chance that he decided to protest here.