Canadians pull together under a blanket of snow Toronto - After a contentious fall election, Canada's age-old divisions seemed even more obvious: western provinces resenting the east, those in the Maritimes feeling orphaned, and many from Quebec longing to break away entirely from the national tethers. More snow, ice vexes travelers in northern states CHICAGO - Hundreds of holiday travelers spent the night in the nation's second busiest airport and others faced delayed or canceled flights and highways choked by snow and ice as storms kept up their assault on northern states. Bad weather delays Christmas travelers in West LOS ANGELES - Colleen Stone and her family left their Illinois home Saturday hoping to fly to Seattle and spend Christmas with her parents.