Globe and Mail selected as finalist for seven Jack Webster Foundation awards

The Globe and Mail has been named a finalist for seven Jack Webster Awards in a range of categories including features, business, arts, health and innovative journalism.The annual awards, handed out by the Jack Webster Foundation, celebrate the best journalism in B.C.Andrea Woo is nominated in the health category for an investigation into allegations that dozens of pharmacies in the Vancouver region and on Vancouver Island were offering kickbacks, including for vulnerable patients receiving treatment for addiction. Ms. Woo spoke to more than two dozen nurses, pharmacists, patients and social-service providers to learn about the practice, which violates bylaws implemented by the provincial pharmacy regulator.