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"The ministry has seen an engaged and enthusiastic response to the RIRG program," Highways Minister Fred Bradshaw said. "This targeted effort improves the safety and quality of our rural infrastructure, strengthens partnerships with Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities … and creates another outlet to aid the province's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic."  Among the RMs to receive funding are: Mount Pleasant, $130,850; Coalfields, $500,000; Cambria, $173,000; Reciprocity, $380,263; Browning, $500,000; Cymri, $500,000; and Moose Mountain, $400,000.   This program h...

SARM president Ray Orb welcomes this year's funding for the province's Rural Integrated Roads for Growth Progr...

Article content Effective climate action needed The climate emergency is an existential crisis. Climate science informs us that fossil fuel emissions are the main cause for the rapid rise in our planet’s temperature, which now ever more frequently drives weather systems that cause death, destruction and displacement. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Sask. needs to reduce GHG emissions: Letters to the editor April 24, 2021 Back to video Many notice alarming rates of change in the natural environment and its biodiversity. Recent polls confirm ...

By Jim Smalley The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities has mixed reaction to this week’s federal budget. SARM president Ray Orb welcomes an additional 1 billion dollars to improve rural broadband communication services. SARM is eager to see high speed broadband in 98 percent of the country by 2026 and 100 percent by 2030. SARM also welcomes a 1.9 billion dollar investment over 4 years in road, rail and shipping routes for trade. There’s also support for 2.2 billion dollars for life sciences, including 59 million dollars for VIDO in Saskatoon for vaccine development. S...

The president of SARM says additional province funding for rural municipalities will be put to good use. Premi...