CancerCare Manitoba has started looking for a new president and CEO, with the head of the agency — which has faced recent criticism from doctors — saying she will step down when her contract expires next year. 

In a letter to staff on Thursday, Dr. Sri Navaratnam confirmed the third-party firm MNP will start an international search to replace her at CancerCare Manitoba "to ensure the best-fitting CEO for the years to come." 

However, her decision to leave "was not made now," Navaratnam told CBC o…