The City of Toronto is once again proposing to allow commercial construction in its residential neighbourhoods - a measure that still does not meet with unanimous approval - almost a year after it was referred by City Council.

On October 7, 2025, the Pontifical Javeriana University and the Réseau international des Chaires Senghor de la Francophonie organized an international and interdisciplinary webinar on the theme of "Plurilingualism and scientific publications in the Americas". The event is part of the work of the Commission Recherche et Valorisation of the Conférence régionale des recteurs (C2R) Amériques de l'AUF.

In Malmerspach, citizens and elected representatives have joined forces to produce local solar energy. Their objective: to gain autonomy in the face of rising electricity prices. The region's first village power plant is now looking for customers among local businesses.

An implementation agreement under the "TADARROJ" program for the generalization of apprenticeship training was signed on Wednesday at the Institut National de l'Action Sociale (INAS) in Tangier. The agreement was initialled by the Minister for Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Younes Sekkouri, the Minister for Solidarity, Social Inclusion and the Family, Naïma Ben Yahia, and the Director of Entraide Nationale, Khettar El Mojahidi, in the presence of regional officials, economic players and partners from the vocational training ecosystem.

The town of Ath is attracting more and more tourists, as figures from the Observatoire wallon du tourisme show. In two years, the number of overnight stays in the town of giants has risen by 30%.

The Rennes Brno twinning committee is organizing several events to mark the anniversary of the rapprochement between the two cities. Here's what's planned.

The 4ᵉ edition of the Forum des Formations et de l'Employabilité Francophones was held on October 08 and 09, 2025 at the Palace of the Republic in Chișinău, creating strong synergies between Moldovan universities members of the AUF, French-speaking companies, as well as many young entrepreneurs and students.

The Salon National du Livre (SNL) returns in 2025 with a rich and diversified program that will set Benin's cultural life abuzz. Over a period of 04 days in four cities - Cotonou, Ouidah, Parakou and Abomey - the event will feature a series of activities combining conferences and debates, literary cafés, book signings, workshops, screenings, exhibitions and live performances.

The municipality of Ayherre welcomed its counterparts from Antzuola, Gipuzkoa, to celebrate over four decades of cross-border friendship and joint projects.

Municipalities should facilitate access to such housing. Senior citizens' associations believe that access to affordable housing should be a priority for municipalities after next Sunday's elections.

The vast campaign to distribute school kits to indigenous children in Lékoumou, Nkéni-Alima and Sangha, launched by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Espace Opoko on September 29 to help them get a better start to the school year, came to an end last weekend in the department of Sangha.

"The aim of our association is to enable young sportsmen and women to get together every year to practice their respective sports and share great moments during various group activities.

Although a new board was formed on October 7, 2025, the future of the Aunay-Holsworthy twinning committee in Aunay-sur-Odon, Calvados, remains uncertain.

Spearheaded by Nantes Université and supported by AUF's IntenSciF - Western Europe program, the ProFIB project (International Partnership for the Promotion of Bioethics in the French-speaking World) came to a close in spring 2025 after 18 months of activity, laying the foundations for a French-speaking network of bioethics experts, now ready to work towards an inclusive and collaborative approach to this discipline on an international scale.

To mark World Encryption Day 2025, the House of Africa association organized a conference-debate at the Sabangali Sub Management Institute on October 21, on the theme of "Youth in Chad and digital security".

On October 20, 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) organized the opening ceremony of the first training workshop for Liaison Officers, focusing on diplomatic protocol and customer services, as part of preparations for the 20ᵉ Francophonie Summit that the Kingdom of Cambodia will host in 2026.

Togo's maritime region is to be equipped with a hospital development plan, as part of a reform of its healthcare system. On Tuesday October 21 and Wednesday October 22, 2025, the Maison des Jeunes et de la Femme in Tsévié hosted a workshop to launch the Hospital Establishment Project (PEH).

Created in 1979, the Franco-Belgian twinning committee brings together the communes of Saint-Pierre-Canivet, near Falaise, and Clavier, in the Walloon region of the province of Liège.

In recent years, France has developed a veritable sports diplomacy, now seen as a fully-fledged tool of our foreign policy. Decentralized cooperation in the field of sport has also grown considerably.

"Forest fires have brought us challenges, and we need to see how we can protect our territories, our citizens and urban areas, among others," says Normand Lagrange, Director General of the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest.