Both the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and the province’s Water Security Agency (WSA) are out tens of thousands of dollars after various incidents. The province released its loss reports for the Q1 of 2026 on Tuesday. Within those reports, the SHA reported two incidents costing the Crown a total of $67,100. According to the health authority, an SHA employee hired his own business to work with the SHA and approved related invoices for payment to said business, totalling $65,100. The conflict of interest and misappropriation occurred from December 2024 to February 2026. An SHA review found that the business had misappropriated the funds for projects that were either incomplete or unauthorized. According to the SHA, the full amount owed has been repaid, and the employee at the centre of the incident has been terminated. In response to the incident, the health authority says it is putting enhanced conflict of interest controls and oversight measures to prevent similar incidents. The second incident involved a donation that was diverted for personal use by an employee. The $2,000 was recovered and the employee was fired with cause. A review of the processes for managing donations is underway. In March, the WSA reported that banking information was fraudulently changed by someone impersonating a vendor working with the Crown. As a result, payment totalling $23,937.25 to the vendor was redirected to another bank account. The incident was reported to the police, according to the WSA. The province also provided an update on a series of fuel thefts at SaskEnergy first reported earlier this year. More than $10,000 was lost thanks to internal fuel theft in the Crown’s construction department. As a result of the incident, SaskEnergy says its internal security assessment has been completed and the Crown is in the process of implementing enhanced controls on fuel purchases.
