The third sign of the apocalypse?

For one brief and shining moment last week (it may have been Friday), the Canadian dollar was worth more than the Yankee buck. Although it's happened before in my lifetime (November 1976, dog, I'm old) it didn't really register when I was five, you know?

The rise of our dollar, hovering around par recently, has been such momentous news on our side of the border that there was one morning when, I swear, CTV daily news was giving it the same treatment that CNN usually gives to the Big World Tragedy Of The Week. Title cards, a crawl, theme music, you name it.

All the experts say this is bad for us. And it may well be. But in the meantime, I couldn't resist a cross-border run to Meijers the other night, where we stocked up on such necessities as Kool-Aid Bursts and Steak-Ums.

I mean, a dollar near par and 24-hour shopping. Those Americans, they know how to get you spending.

Comments

[Kim]

Ah yes...back to school shopping at the Rainbow Mall...Polish delights at the market in Buffalo and dinner at the Ground Round before saying, "we just went to dinner Mr. Border Crosser. Honest!"

Those were the days.

[Linda Sherwood]

Across the border, I wouldn't even know this was true if I didn't have Canadian friends. Apparently this isn't something American news wants to report. Or more likely, I don't pay enough attention to financial news.

[kim]

It also means.....that going to Vegas is Cheaper right now.