The City of Drummondville unveiled its 2026 budget at its council meeting on Monday evening.
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To mark the 500th anniversary of the Saint-Siffrein fair and the 40th anniversary of the twinning of Carpentras and Vevey, the Swiss group Les cors des Alpes de Lavaux gave a concert in the cathedral.
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The process of digitizing administrative procedures launched last November at the Ministry of Energy and Mining Resources has resulted in the dematerialization of 29 services. The announcement was made at the end of last week at a meeting dedicated to presenting the achievements of the various teams, after a month's work, in the presence of the Minister for the Digital Economy and Transformation, Cina Lawson, and the Minister Delegate in charge of Energy, Robert Eklo.
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A new citizens' initiative has been launched in the Congolese capital. Called VOQUART-La Voix des Quartiers, this community action platform aims to support the sustainable transformation of Brazzaville's remote or isolated neighborhoods, and eventually those of other cities in the country.
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A 50-place drop-in center for homeless people will open on Tuesday at 7 p.m. on the site of the former Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Montreal.
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The aim of World Habitat Day is to bring together all urban players to share best practices and highlight initiatives to improve the quality of life in cities.
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Dà Nang has been named Vietnam's Smart City of the Year 2025, winning the most prestigious and only national title awarded this year by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA).
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For several years, the twinning committee of Montoire-sur-le-Loir (Loir-et-Cher) had been dormant. It has now been relaunched with a new board and a new destination.
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From the evening of Tuesday December 9, a night shelter will open its doors in Bastogne. It's only the second in the province of Luxembourg. For over fifteen years, only the town of Arlon has offered this service to the most vulnerable. A structure that is clearly insufficient to meet all demands.
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The prefect of the Tambacounda department, Alioune Badara Mbengue, chaired a capacity-building workshop on collaborative safety and road safety on Thursday, attended by local elected officials and quarry delegates.
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On Thursday, the Ville de Montréal announced that it was implementing winter measures 11 days ahead of schedule, "even though not all the criteria have been met", given the freezing temperatures forecast for the coming days. It is making 135 places in the halte-chaleur temporarily available as of this evening.
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The town of Anglet invites you to get into the holiday spirit with the 29ᵉ edition of its Franco-German Christmas Market, a festive and convivial event designed for young and old alike from December 5 to 14.
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In Charleroi, a dozen young people aged 12 to 15 have decided to take action for their city. Gathered within the "Move Up" citizens' collective, they are launching their first solidarity action until December 20: a toy collection for children in need. The initiative is being carried out in collaboration with the ENER'J Center.
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A total of 129 projects and actions have been carried out in Essaouira province, benefiting 12 categories of people in vulnerable situations, for a total amount of over 52.7 million dirhams (MDH), during the 2019-2025 period, as part of the 3rd phase of the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH).
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It's now official: the Jeune Chambre Économique de Tarn-et-Garonne and the JCI La Côte Vaudoise (Switzerland) are twinned.
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The Courade multi-purpose hall will host the Twinning Committee's Christmas market on Saturday December 13 and Sunday December 14, with numerous events and the presence of Santa Claus.
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The fourteen new units at Villa Rayon de Soleil in Saint-François-d'Assise were inaugurated last Friday. The rooms and studios are housed in the same annex, named Pavillon Ghislain-Michaud, in honor of the village's former mayor.
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On November 25, the Congolese Burotop Iris Foundation inaugurated a modern borehole in Kibina, in the 8th arrondissement of Madibou, some 17 kilometers from downtown Brazzaville. This achievement is the result of years of thirst that no one had listened to.
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La Maison du Père-Nolille is a 100% Lille-based podcast Advent calendar, celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. Every day until December 24, a new episode will spotlight a local entrepreneur, craftsman or shopkeeper, through an immersive and warm format, like an audio Christmas tale.
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On November 24, 2024, at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University in Hanoi (USSH-UNV Hanoi), the Vietnamica Project Steering Committee organized the certificate award ceremony for PhD students, students and young researchers who had participated in the project.
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Togo's local justice system continues to expand. Last November, the country inaugurated two new courthouses in Kabou (Bassar) and Pagala (Blitta).
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The Her Seat at the Table initiative supports women in western Manitoba who are considering a seat on a municipal council, but don't know how, by offering them advice.
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There are initiatives that mark a turning point. The Culinary Competition "Le Meilleur Tablier du Local", the first of its kind in Benin, stood out as one of the finest innovations of the 6ᵉ edition of the Mois du Consommer Local. More than a competition, it was a true celebration of Benin's gastronomic genius, driven by a rigorous, transparent and inclusive process.
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Orchestrated by the Verquin sans frontières association, this trip was designed to revitalize a historic twinning arrangement by involving young people and local associations.
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Maria Soledad Gomez and María Pía Rossomando Ramírez, doctoral students at the National University of Cuyo (Argentina), recently spent three months in Montreal (Quebec, Canada), immersed themselves in an international research center and reflected on the place of French in world science.
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A meeting organized as part of Action Month for Gender Equality and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence 2025 was held on the morning of November 28 in Dà Lat, Lâm Dông province (Centre), with the participation of around 600 delegates.
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On Monday November 24, the vine donated by the Mayor of Kitzingen, Stefan Güntner, was planted in the garden of the Maison des Eaux.
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The twinning committee, which brings together the towns of Ochtendung in Germany and Aylsham in England, held its general meeting on Thursday November 20, 2025 in the Salle de l'Atelier, chaired by Claude Gillard and attended by Stéphane Baudu, mayor of La Chaussée-Saint-Victor, Marie-Claude Dupou, first deputy mayor, and Yves Balderas, deputy mayor for communications and cultural events.
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On Thursday, November 26, 2025, the Abéché Social Center hosted the launch ceremony of the 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender-based violence (GBV) in the Ouara department.
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Supported by the Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Français (FIPF), the Journée Internationale des Professeurs de Français (International Day of Teachers of French) since 2019 has brought together the public and institutional players around a common goal: to showcase the teachers who work in French-language bilingual training courses around the world.
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The general meeting of the Cyclo club couizanais was held on Thursday November 20. President Thierry Peres welcomed Marie-Cindy Damboy, representing the municipality, numerous members of the association and two special guests: President Fernando Barcelo and his friend Javier Ballarin from the Maëlla club.
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Following the municipal elections, a number of positions remained vacant, notably on the financial assistance application analysis committee, the urban planning advisory committee and the committee responsible for potentially dangerous or dangerous dogs. The council members who will fill these positions from now on were appointed at the last municipal council meeting.
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The first edition of the African Children's Parliament Forum, organized on November 21 and 22 in Rabat by the National Observatory for Children's Rights (ONDE), under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, and the effective Presidency of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem, President of ONDE, marked a decisive step in the consolidation of children's right to participation and their involvement in the public policies that concern them.
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Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal. Almost 20 years of Christmas exchanges for the twinning. If the health situation hadn't prevented them in 2020, the Christmas exchanges between Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal and its twin town of La Plaine-sur-Mer (Loire-Atlantique), via their respective twinning committees, would be in their 20th year.
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