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SaskEnergy has fired 13 employees after discovering fuel was allegedly stolen internally, primarily in its construction department.
The Crown corporation reported the loss and terminations in its most recent quarterly report on losses of public money, tabled Monday.
The theft has been reported to police, and the company has hired an independent investigator, the report said. It allegedly happened between February 2024 and summer 2025.
SaskEnergy plans “to recover the value of the fuel taken.” The total amount stolen is “to be determined” and a comprehensive report is expected to be completed this month.
The report also contained updates on four previously reported incidents, all involving SaskPower employees. In two cases — one involving the use of a corporate procurement card for personal purchases amounting to $3,184 and the second involving improper time off reporting amounting to $803 — SaskPower reported it recovered the losses in full.
An employee in another case involving the use of a corporate procurement card and fuel card for personal purchases has signed a promissory note and so far has repaid $6,588 of the $7,173 loss.
In the fourth case, an employee who used a procurement card improperly, resulting in a loss amounting to $1,115, was terminated and the incident “will be reported to police.”
A separate quarterly report on public losses for ministries and treasury board Crowns tabled on Monday contained information about two other employees who were fired.
One was a manager at the Lloydminster Housing Authority, who was terminated with cause for “suspected personal use of company assets and fuel purchases and submission of inappropriate expense claims” in excess of $10,000, according to the preliminary estimate.
The other was an employee in the Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement who was terminated for using a government-issued purchase card for non-government purchases for amounts totalling $575.