Getting to Canada for many Ukrainian immigrants is no easy feat. Their journey has been met with uncertainty and stress. Many of them were ripped from the lives that they knew and faced imminent danger, a consequence of Russia's unprovoked war with Ukraine. Now over eight thousand kilometres ...(Read Article)
Category: All
RC Summer 2022
View PDF (Read Article)
Latest Fuel Increase Runs the Risk of Breaking Saskatchewan Farmers’
Recent, and multiple, fuel increases have left Saskatchewan farmers with a discouraging outlook on this year’s growing season. “This year, one tractor and air drill, which are used for seeding crops, would have cost that farmer an additional $1,500 a day to operate. The integrity of a farmers’ o...(Read Article)
Rising fuel costs put rural municipalities (RMs) in a financial pinch
SARM calls for support in RMs amidst rising fuel costs “The cost of fuel has never been higher, and the ripple effect of high prices is exceptionally frustrating for rural municipalities, the increased cost of fuel directly impacts a municipalities' day-to-day operations as well as the...(Read Article)
SARM’s June Division Meetings
Next week the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) will travel throughout the province holding meetings in each of its 6 divisions (https://sarm.ca/about/members-map/). These meetings have been held virtually for the past 2 years; this year we are excited to get back on the...(Read Article)
SARM Responds to the 2022 Federal Budget
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) has considered the federal government’s 2022 “A Plan to Grow our Economy and Make Life More Affordable” budget, tabled on Thursday, April 7. SARM looks forward to a potential relief in the rural healthcare system but is disappoint...(Read Article)
RC Spring 2022
View PDF (Read Article)
2021 Annual Report
2021 SARM Annual Report Audited Financial Statements 2021 SARM Financial Statements2021 Rural Municipal Specific Claims Tax Loss Compensation Trust Fund Statements2021 Rural Municipal Tax Loss Compensation Trust Fund Statements Rural Municipal Tax Loss Compensation Trust Fund Status ...(Read Article)
A new initiative to prevent trespassing: SARM joins Saskatchewan tech startup to help rural landowners manage property and reduce unsolicited visitors & trespassers
“The SaskLander platform concept is simple. Post the land you own and then deny or give permission to those who request to enter onto it. The general public can request the required permission from landowners for hunting or recreation. The app works for rural municipalities because it gives the ...(Read Article)
A new opportunity to develop livestock and human vaccine in Saskatchewan: SARM supports VIDO‘s effort to strengthen the response to infectious disease
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) Board of Director’s met with the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) in January, to discuss the ways rural municipalities can support and strengthen the world’s response to infectious diseases. Th...(Read Article)