The Canadian dollar made headlines throughout 2007, and its turn from lacklustre to lofty secured its fame Thursday as Time magazine's Canadian Newsmaker of the Year.
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Over the past 12 months, the loonie has flirted with parity and smashed record highs against the U.S. greenback.
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It began the year at 87 cents and for the first third of the year seemed to be a currency that had peaked.
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Then in April, the loonie's value began to climb. It was trading at 96 cents by July.
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"And suddenly what seemed unthinkable was entirely possible - that we could have a Canadian dollar worth the same as the U.S. dollar," said CBC's business host Danielle Bochove.
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In late summer, though, the explosion of the subprime debt crisis south of the border created a bit of a setback as global investors scrambled, abandoning the Canadian loonie.
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But as markets stabilized, the loonie resumed its climb and hit parity in September.
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The Canadian dollar rose to $1.10 US in early November before falling in the middle of that month.
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Michael Elliott, international editor of Time, said there were other candidates for the title, such as former media baron Conrad Black, but the loonie interested him because it represented a wider issue.
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"The currency of Canada is not solely a Canadian story. It's a global story that has to do with changing balances in the international economy and significantly ... a weakening of the American economy," he told CBC News.
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Time's Canadian Newsmaker of the Year is an annual editorial special that began more than 10 years ago.
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Time defines the newsmaker as the person, place, group or thing that has the most impact - for better or for worse - on the news in Canada.