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MONTREAL — Trains across the country have ground to a halt as 9,300 workers were locked out by both of Canada's major railways after they failed to agree on a new contract before a 12:01 a.m. EDT deadline.

MONTREAL — Trains across the country have ground to a halt as 9,300 workers were locked out by both of Canada's major railways after they failed to agree on a new contract before a 12:01 a.m. EDT deadline.

The companies haul about $1 billion in goods each day combined, the Railway Association of Canada says, some of which was pre-emptively stopped to avoid having cargo stranded.

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