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Canada Post Strike – September 2025

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Canada Post Strike – September 2025

 

Due to the Canada Post Strike, the RM of Great Bend office will not be mailing out invoices or receipts.  Payment receipts will be held at the office until the strike is over.  Ratepayers are welcome to stop in during office hours to collect them.  Invoices and copies of receipts can be sent by email, please call the office  at 306-997-2101 to provide your email address.

Please contact the office if you have previously mailed a tax payment and have not received a tax receipt yet to ensure the September discount is applied.  

 

Payment Methods

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Payment Methods

The RM of Great Bend is happy to accept the following methods of payment:

  • Cash
  • Cheque
  • Debit
  • e-transfer
  • Online bill payment through Affinity Credit Union.  Please remember that it can take several business days for your payment to be deposited into our account.  Payments are receipted on the day they arrive.

When paying by e-transfer, please use the comment section to specify:

  • Is this a tax or invoice payment
  • Which tax account a payment should be applied to (property owner, land location or customer number)

This will help us apply your payment to the correct account.

 

 

Snow Clearing Agreement

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As much as we hate thinking about it, winter is just around the corner.  If you require snow clearing services from the RM, an agreement must be signed every year.  If you signed an agreement last year, a new form has already been mailed to you.  If not, print and return the form below, or stop in at the office to sign up and purchase a flag if necessary.

Driveways and properties will only be cleared once public roads have been cleared to the satisfaction of the Municipality.  This  may take several days after a large snowfall.  If snow removal is required earlier than this, the owner should retain the services of a private contractor.  Snow is cleared with large municipal road equipment.

Removal Agreement

Gopher Control

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Spring is around the corner, and so are the gophers!  Now is the time to start your control plans.  SARM will once again run the Gopher Control Program (linked below), guidelines will be posted soon. The deadline to submit claims is July 31, 2025.

Adult males have already emerged, the females will follow soon.  Early spring before green growth appears is the best time for control as they are hungrier and more likely to consume bait.

Visit the Government of Saskatchewan website listed below for control methods and approved chemicals.

Resources:

Ministry of Agriculture Contacts

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The Ministry of Agriculture provides quality extension to farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness across the province. The ministry’s regional specialist team wanted to raise awareness of the services we provide and the programs available under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (S-CAP) a five-year, $485-million investment by both the federal and provincial government. There are programs for:

  • Wells, dugouts, pipelines, including watering systems for agriculture use,
  • Water well decommissioning,
  • Livestock handling equipment that addresses animal health and biosecurity,
  • Irrigation development,
  • Seeding forages,
  • Fencing,
  • Relocation of livestock confinement facilities; and
  • Much more!

We invite you to check out more details about S-CAP programs for farmers and ranchers.. Additionally, we have created a series of online program videos that rate payers may find valuable. Each presentation highlights a specific S-CAP program. These short video presentations explain the programs intent, applicant eligibility, eligible activities and how to apply. We encourage you to view the presentations and share the link with rate payers via email, newsletters, your RM website, and social media.

Application deadlines for many of our rebate programs is March 31, 2028. Programs that require pre-approvals need to be submitted by December 31, 2027. We are eager to provide clients with program information and have the technical knowledge to assist clients in submitting funding applications.

In addition to our programs, our Ministry has a team of specialists in our North Battleford Regional office who support producers. They include:

  • Jenifer Heyden, PAg – Livestock Feed and Extension Specialist
  • Alison Fransoo, PAg – Agri-Environmental Specialist
  • Quin Cubbon, AAg – Crops Extension Specialist
  • Andre Bonneau, PAg – Range Management Extension Specialist
  • Trish Johnson, PAg – Agriculture Program Specialist

See attached a contact sheet for more detailed information on each of our regional specialists.

For more information on any of our programs or services, please contact our North Battleford Regional Office at 306-446-7964.

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Invasive Plants Pocket Guide

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The RM of Great Bend has invasive plant guides from Notice Nature available. We have the 158 page Invasive Plants of Saskatchewan Pocket Guide for $10.00. Ratepayers of the RM of Great Bend may purchase this for only $8.00. The 48 page guidebook, Invasive Plants of Saskatchewan is available for $3.00 (Ratepayers of Great Bend only $2.00). Stop in at the office to buy your copies today!

 

 

Township Road 412 (Great Deer Road)

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To the Ratepayers of The RM of Great Bend No. 405,

The Council of the RM of Great Bend is aware of the deterioration of the Township Road 412 (Great Deer Road). Being grain producers themselves, Council recognizes the need to move grain at this time of year. The RM roads are enduring more heavy-haul traffic with the inland grain terminal located near Maymont and the Ag Retails near Fielding. Council requests grain producers to respect road conditions utilizing the dedicated Clearing the Path route through the RM of Great Bend to transport your grain and crop inputs. Council would also like to remind ratepayers that the RM is designated as a secondary weight RM on all roads that are not dedicated Clearing the Path or primary weight.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate giving me a call.

Thank you,

Tonia Derksen | Administrator

 

CTP and Primary Weight Grid

Controlled Burn Reporting

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Call the Provincial Emergency Communications Centre just prior to starting

1-866-404-4911

When reporting a Control Burn you will be asked the following questions:

  • What is your land location?
  • Who is your Fire Service Provider?
  • Driving Directions from local Fire Department?
  • What are you burning?
  • How long will your burn last?

You will be asked to call back once the burn has been completed.

Reporting your controlled burn will help eliminate unnecessary call outs to your local fire department.  There is a minimum fee of one hour for each fire department dispatched.  The current provincial hourly rate for each responding fire department is $1,090.23.

Text Notifications

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The RM of Great Bend has implemented a text messaging system so that information can be shared as quickly as possible.  Information such as fire bans, railway issues, snow clearing and road ban information will be shared.

If you would like to receive notifications, please contact Tonia or Beth at the RM office at 1-306-997-2101.  Messages will be sent from 1800-700-3876.  We recommend adding and naming this contact “RM of Great Bend”.