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FREDERICTON — As New Brunswick students begin a new school year, some families worry about the potential for a rise in bullying due to the province's policy on gender identity in schools.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia inquiry that investigated why former Canadian soldier Lionel Desmond fatally shot three family members and himself in 2017 is set to resume for at least one day of hearings next week.

LANSDOWNE, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA — Police say two men are dead after their vehicles collided in Lansdowne, N.B., early Saturday morning. New Brunswick RCMP said in a news release that they were called shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday.

TIDNISH, N.S. — RCMP in Nova Scotia are searching for a 64-year-old man who went boating and hasn't returned. Police say the man took his boat on the Tidnish River on Saturday. Cumberland County RCMP began looking for him on Sunday morning.

SEACOW POND, P.E.I. — Search efforts continue on Prince Edward Island for a man accused of wielding a sword and attacking two people.

SEACOW POND, P.E.I. — Mounties in Prince Edward Island were searching for a suspect on Saturday after two people were attacked by a man wielding a sword at a beach the previous evening.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Police in New Brunswick are investigating the discovery of a body along the Saint. John River. City police offered few details about the body, which was discovered on Friday at around 1 p.m.

Nova Scotia has become the first province to stop holding immigration detainees in its jails on behalf of the federal government. Canada Border Services Agency spokeswoman Rebecca Purdy says the province ended the practice Aug. 8.

HALIFAX — Premier Tim Houston is marking 25 years since the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off Nova Scotia claimed the lives of 229 passengers and crew. The MD-11 passenger jet plunged into the waters near Peggy's Cove on Sept.

HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department says two people from Nova Scotia were arrested this week in New Brunswick following the seizure of thousands of lobsters.