Mayor Nikolai Nikolaychuk held a meeting on the implementation of the “New Tomsk Stops” project. The potential investor of the new stops is the engineering company Glass-Expert, the press service of the mayor's office reports. The investor who took part in the meeting expressed his readiness to install about 16 stops on the Irkutsk Highway by the beginning of the Tomsk Innovation Forum. Modular stops, based on a single concept, are offered in different sizes depending on their location.

Journalists from the TV2 News Agency conducted a survey on the eve of March 8. Men were asked about why they love women, what they don’t like about women, and what feats they are ready to do for anyone. According to the men surveyed, they value beauty and kindness in women. “It’s boring without women. You can’t live!” said one of the participants in our survey. Men do not notice any negative qualities in the fair half of humanity.

On the eve of International Women's Day, there are traffic jams on the streets of Tomsk from the very morning, and queues in shops. Pre-holiday bustle, almost like before the New Year. The most popular product is flowers, especially tulips. Resellers sell them on every corner, from cars. What to give to your loved ones on March 8th is the main question that torments men.

Another conflict is brewing in Timiryazev between developers and local residents. The Lama company plans to build a shopping center "Apricot Plus" at the entrance to Timiryazevo with more than a thousand square meters. Some local residents, primarily neighbors of the future store, are against it. According to opponents, a unique arboretum with rare plant species will suffer from the construction.

The Tomsk District Education Department does not yet intend to change the educational process in the branch school in the village of Siny Utes. As Rush Hour reports, this decision was announced at a meeting with teachers and parents by the head of the department, Sergei Efimov. According to him, the director of the Sinutesovsky branch was the first to speak about the initiative to unite schools. However, no one will make such a decision without the consent of the parents.

When speaking in various audiences, before starting a conversation I ask listeners to write ten words that they associate with the concept of “archive”. Over 15 years of such speeches, a representative sample of associations gathered. So, for most, the “archive” is old paper, long shelves, silence, information technology, and - a secret!

Tomsk theaters require more than a hundred employees of various specialties: seamstresses, lighting designers, carpenters, prop makers, costume designers, and the list goes on. Today, the so-called auxiliary workshops employ people over 40 years of age and retirement age. Due to low wages, young people do not go to theaters. This is a serious problem, but far from the only one.