Category: News

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), with their member RMs, is sounding the alarm on the health care crisis facing rural Saskatchewan, there are staff shortages throughout rural areas of the province. SARM recognizes the gaps in our rural health care needs and calls for t...(Read Article)

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), with their member RMs, have been advocating for the launch of the water management infrastructure known as the Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Project which was announced by the Government of Saskatchewan in 2020. Both the federal and prov...(Read Article)

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), along with member RMs, is the principal advocate in representing RMs before all levels of senior government. As the voice of rural Saskatchewan for more than a century, SARM has spoken strongly and clearly to represent rural Saskatchew...(Read Article)

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) spent the past week (October 24-26) in Ottawa voicing rural Saskatchewan concerns. Representatives from the SARM Board of Directors and Policy & Research Department spent three days meeting with various federal government representa...(Read Article)

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is holding its midterm convention on November 8 and 9 at the Queensbury Convention Centre (QCC), REAL District in Regina. Midterm focuses on education and offers delegates multiple breakout sessions and learning opportunities. The co...(Read Article)

SARM is concerned over the severe drought conditions plaguing agricultural regions of the province. As an organization representing the interests of rural communities across Saskatchewan, SARM recognizes the urgent need for immediate action to mitigate the devastating effects of this prolonged d...(Read Article)

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), along with member RMs, knows that Saskatchewan's farming community is grappling with challenges arising from the implementation of clean fuel standards. Starting July 1, the new regulations will cover the entire life cycle of fuels,...(Read Article)

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/). The SARM 2023 June Division Meetings will be held from June 5-8 in the following locations, and will ...(Read Article)

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), along with member RMs, welcomes the recent announcements made around wildlife management including improved access to fencing packages and supplemental freight adjustments for impacted agriculture producers. These are encouraging initi...(Read Article)

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), alongside their member RMs, is encouraged by the ongoing support for rural Saskatchewan in this provincial budget. The budget increases total investment into the province’s severely strained healthcare sector by 6.7%, which is despe...(Read Article)