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Iwk Health and Association Honours

cbc: CBC Nova Scotia is nominated in four categories in the East Region, according to CBC. Reporter Michael Gorman and the CBC Investigates team's work exposing the financial mismanagement related to expenses of the IWK Health Centre's now former CEO and the involvement of the now-former chief financial officer is nominated for the Ron Laidlaw Award for Continuing Coverage. The national association honours the best in journalism each year, with a slate of awards for each region of the country. Former IWK CEO billed hospital 47K in personal expenses, report finds IWK's finance chief steps down in wake of expense scandal CBC News was the first to report inconsistencies in CEO Tracy Kitch's expenses in June, finding that thousands in personal expenses were charged to a corporate credit card in her name. Former IWK CEO Tracy Kitch stepped down as a result of the expense scandal. It also found the hospital's top financial official, Stephen D'Arcy, removed critical emails related to expense preparation for a freedom-of-information disclosure. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.