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October 14, 2025
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- Advocacy
- Strategic Communications
- 2025 SARM Midterm Convention Registration Deadline
- Risk Management
- Programs
- Member Purchasing
- Community Planning
- Finance & Administration
- SARM Classifieds
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- Application Fee for Stand-Alone HSWDG Facility Construction or Alterations
- Review of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020
- Announcements
- Saskatchewan Engages With Mexico and the United States on Agricultural Trade and Development
- Crop Report for the Period September 30 to October 6, 2025
- Province Commits to Fund One Third of Municipal Infrastructure Program Pending Federal Partnership
- Applications Now Open for the 2026 Agriculture Student Scholarship
| | - Saskatchewan Safety Council - Employee Fatigue and Lifestyle Survey
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SARM’s Advocacy Team, at the direction of the SARM Board of Directors, meets and speaks with members and outside agencies on issues important to RMs, including bringing concerns forth at the provincial and federal levels.
SARM, through its Act of Incorporation, is mandated to work on files of importance to rural municipalities (RM) and agriculture producers.
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| SARM’s Strategic Communications Team leads the initiatives, events, and public-facing components of the work we do for RMs. Strategic Communications is responsible for our conventions, the Rural Dart, Rural Sheaf, Rural Councillor, webinars, and many other events and initiatives. | | |
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2025 SARM Midterm Convention
Registration Deadline
Registration for the 2025 SARM Midterm Convention is now open! RM offices received an email from SARM earlier this month outlining the registration process as well as the applicable fees for attendance.
Please note lunches will no longer be included in the convention registration fee. You must indicate that you would like to purchase lunches through your registration form for each applicable attendee.
The deadline to register/revise your registration is October 24, 2025.
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Name badges for RM councils and administrators were mailed out to RM offices earlier this month, based on the SARM RM Directory. Any SARM members attending the convention must bring their badge to the venue, it will act as a ticket which will be scanned upon arrival.
If you have registered additional/new attendees, their name badges will be available onsite. Also, if a name badge requires updating or correcting, it will be done onsite.
Non-members can register to attend by visiting the SARM website.
Please contact convention@sarm.ca if you have any further questions about convention.
| | | SARM’s Risk Management Team is comprised of two distinct groups: Benefits & Insurance and Legal. These departments administer and facilitate various SARM and external partner insurance and benefit products, as well as provide legal solicitor services to member rural municipalities. | | |
| SARM’s Programs Team engages with provincial and federal governments, industry leaders, and program partners, as well as other stakeholders, to effectively deliver SARM programs. | | |
| SARM's Member Purchasing Team provides group purchasing and procurement advising services to save member municipalities money and time through the buying and procuring processes with the goal of being the first stop for all municipalities’ purchasing and procurement needs. | | |
| SARM’s Community Planning Team is driven by a proactive and collaborative approach with municipalities to support growth, certainty for investment and landowners, and the protection and promotion of what already exists in the community. | | |
| SARM’s Finance and Administration Team provides the budgeting, accounting, and reporting functions for SARM, the Insurance and Benefits Funds, all externally funded programs, and the Tax Loss Compensation Trust Funds administered by SARM. In addition, the team provides administrative assistance performing reception duties that include being the first point of contact for all guests and SARM members both in-person as well as virtually by phone and email. | | |
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SARM Classifieds
The following municipalities/towns/villages have requested the information below to be distributed and will be billed for using this service.
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Looking to Hire:
SARM, Plant Health Technical Advisor, Oct 14 - Close
RM of Fish Creek No. 402, Chief Administrative Officer, Nov 17 - Close
RM of Montrose No. 315, Administrator, Oct 22 - Close
RM of Montrose No. 315, Administrative Assistant, Oct 22 - Close
Town of Rosetown, Chief Administrative Officer, Oct 23 - Close
RM of Baildon No. 131, Grader/Equipment Operator, Oct 29 - Close
Town of Colonsay, Administrator, Oct 31 - Close
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Looking to Buy/Sell:
RM of Eyebrow No. 193, Rock Rake – John Deere, Oct 29 - Close
RM of Eyebrow No. 193, Scraper – 6 Yard, Oct 29 - Close
RM of Eyebrow No. 193, Rock Picker – Degelman, Oct 29 - Close
RM of Eyebrow No. 193, Ripper, Oct 29 - Close
RM of Eyebrow No. 193, 6 Way Angle Dozer, Oct 29 - Close
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SARM Classifieds Submissions
Ad postings for the SARM Classifieds can be submitted
through our online submission forms. For questions, contact 306.757.3577 or sarm@sarm.ca.
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Application Fee for Stand-Alone HSWDG Facility Construction or Alterations
Effective October 1, 2025, the Ministry of Environment will implement a $1,000 application fee for the construction or alteration of stand-alone hazardous substance and waste dangerous goods (HSWDG) storage facilities, as regulated under the Hazardous Substances and Waste Dangerous Goods Regulations.
This fee applies to applications submitted on or after October 1, 2025. This change supports cost-recovery and enhances the efficiency of regulatory processes.
The fee applies to:
- Approvals to construct new stand-alone HSWDG storage facilities that are not regulated through other permits or approvals by the ministry;
- Approvals to alter (expand) pre-existing stand-alone HSWDG storage that are not regulated through other permits or approvals by the ministry;
- Facilities such as, but not limited to, salvage yards, retail fuel stations, bulk fuel plants, agrichemical warehouses, waste dangerous goods collection sites and transfer stations.
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The fee will not apply to:
- Repairs or replacement of pre-existing facilities, where the capacity of the facility is not increased as a result of the alteration activity;
- Decommissioning of pre-existing facilities;
- Administrative updates to HSWDG approvals (e.g. name changes, corrections);
- Facilities permitted under industrial waste works approvals, pursuant to the Environmental Management and Protection (General) Regulations or the Mineral Industry Environmental Protection Regulations, including, but not limited to permitted industrial facilities, mines, refineries, industrial landfills;
- Municipal landfills permitted under the Municipal Refuse Management Regulations;
- HSWDG storage for activities permitted through exploratory permits and exploration licenses, under The Crown Minerals Act or The Oil and Gas Tenure Registry Regulations;
- HSWDG storage at facilities permitted under The Oil and Gas Conservation Act; or
- HSWDG storage at facilities that are exempt in accordance with sections 5 to 8 of the HSWDG Regulations.
Submitting an application to construct or alter a HSWDG facility will remain the same as current processes.
To learn more, review the factsheet linked below. If you have any further questions, please contact the Ministry of Environment’s Inquiry Centre at 1.800.567.4224 or centre.inquiry@gov.sk.ca.
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Review of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020
The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety is seeking feedback on The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020.
The regulations will be reviewed using a three-phase approach.
The goal of the review is to ensure the regulations remain relevant, continue to meet the needs of employers and employees, and reduce injuries and fatalities.
| | Feedback from organizations and individuals for parts one through five of the regulations will be accepted until November 30, 2025. | | | |
Employee Fatigue and Lifestyle Survey
Saskatchewan Safety Council
To assist Saskatchewan employers in establishing a baseline with which to evaluate their internal risk of fatigue, the Saskatchewan Safety Council has commissioned the Saskatchewan Employee Fatigue and Lifestyle Study.
This 10-minute online survey, seeks to illuminate personal fatigue related risk factors and their consequences, based on current sleep, work, and lifestyle factors. The study will also provide insight into the level of current knowledge regarding sleep and fatigue science across a cross section of Saskatchewan employers and industries.
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