Thanks to a slowing US economy and a strong Canadian economy, the loonie became equal with the US dollar. The last time the CDN reached parity with the US greenback was in 1976.

This is great news for me, since I am Canadian and spend a lot of my income in the US, either online or by travel.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070920/...r_parity_col_1

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