A forensic report containing sensitive and possibly distressing personal information about a former Algoma Public Health medical officer of health should be released to SooToday, the province’s top court ruled today.

The Ontario Court of Appeal said any personal privacy interests of Dr. Kim Barker are trumped by the “compelling public interest” in knowing whether a conflict of interest existed when Barker hired Shaun Rootenberg as the health unit’s interim chief financial officer in 2013.

To read the rest of David Helwig’s story on SooToday click here…