Winter batters Maritimes, causing whiteouts and closing roa

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Canadian Press - HALIFAX (CP) - Winter arrived with a windy fury Monday in Atlantic Canada, leaving residents to dig out from a thick blanket of wet snow that clogged roads, disrupted holiday travel and suspended drilling at an offshore rig.

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