The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan has announced the launch of the myRM smartphone application, developed in partnership with Weather Innovations Consulting LP, which also operates WeatherFarm.
According to APAS, the myRM app provides rural residents across Saskatchewan with instant contact to their municipal government office as well as providing local weather conditions, weather warnings, highway conditions, emergency information, local RM maps and regional news. The app is the first of its kind in Canada and currently includes information for the 85 APAS member rural municipalities in Saskatchewan. The myRM app will be available free to iPhone users immediately and to Android phone users in the upcoming weeks.
"myRM.ca has already proven to be of exceptional online benefit for our member municipalities," said Norm Hall, APAS president. "We are excited to see that the benefits of the program will now be available to rural smartphone users in the province as well."
The myRM.ca online network (http://myRM.ca) was launched by APAS in 2012 to provide APAS member rural municipalities with municipal websites with real-time local weather, detailed local forecasts, municipal news, agricultural events and more. Since its launch, the myRM network has grown to over 85 municipal websites attracting thousands of visitors every month, according to an APAS press release.
"The myRM app already provides 85 of Saskatchewan's Rural Municipalities and their residents with their own smartphone application," said Aj Thakker, WIN's director of community initiatives.
"These rural residents will now have the ability to instantly communicate with their local Municipal Government offices, regardless of whether they are at home, in town or somewhere in between."
Weather Innovations has acquired myRM in order to enhance and expand the service to municipalities and communities across Canada.
Partial funding for this project has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program. In Saskatchewan, this program is delivered by the Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan.
