by Matthew Medland
Have you heard of Bitcoin and wondered exactly what it is? Or perhaps you have seen the new Bitcoin Store on Kingston Road?
I started there to try and get a better understanding of what it is.
The staff are friendly and helpful, and judging by their reactions to me, are used to puzzled and curious potential customers coming through their doors.
Here is what I was able to find out. Bitcoin and other ‘Crypto Currencies’ are a form of digital currency, created and held electronically. No Nation, or person controls its value. Bitcoin is the first example of a growing category of money known as cryptocurrency.
It has received a lot of buzz in the media because of its astronomical growth in value over the past year.
Who created it?
Toronto's Kingston Road - End to End
Your New(s)Paper
by Teresa Wright
We are thrilled to present the inaugural issue of The Bluffs Voice, published by Bluffs Community News. Your new monthly community newspaper serves lakefront communities from Main Street to the Rouge. We hope you find it a delight to read.
The Bluffs Voice will be both a sounding board and a report card, as much a chronicle as a herald. We want you to engage with us, to question us, keep us on our toes, hold us to our commitment, and collaborate with us on building this, the voice of our community.
To illustrate our intentions, I planned to write an expose on Solutions Journalism. I researched genres of journalism and how they’ve evolved through history, and why this new style is taking hold. It was shaping up to be a pretty boring piece! Make no mistake - I love to talk about the solutions angle, which I believe is the future of news, at least the news that makes a difference.
Then, I realized that you’d have no interest in dry edification. So, why not just follow my passion and simply write news in this solutions-driven style? I can let it become self-explanatory. I don’t need to spoon feed you the proof, I just need to deliver it! In the meantime, allow me to paint a picture of where we hope to go.
Imagine that we stopped writing the stories meant only to hook readers. Rather than taking advantage of anyone’s gawk-and-stare reflex, we’d focus on enriching the growth within our communities.
Picture a vehicle, a voice. that refuses to carry on ‘business as usual’. What if, instead, that voice bridled the status quo and asked original questions, looked at things from various angles, and discussed possible solutions? Expect us to inform you, without saddling you with stress. Envision reading about tough issues without feeling overwhelmed. We could forge relationships throughout our community and invest in cooperative conversations with friends and neighbours.
Flourishing small business is an indicator of a strong community. We can elect to fill our ad spaces with local businesses. We know you want and need their products and services, so we could make it easier for you to find and support them.
The Bluffs Voice is both a vehicle and a venue. It is a mode by which to connect with unique talent, to map out the positive across our communities. It’s also a place to stand up and be counted, to be constituent, to have your voice valued, respected, welcomed and encouraged. I believe you deserve that.