Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The Canadian dollar was slightly lower on Friday despite welcome economic news from Statistics Canada. The loonie was at US$0.6928 or US$1=C$1.4434 as of 8:33 a.m. CST, compared to Thursday’s close at US$0.6934 or US$1=C$1.4422. StatCan reported today that the country’s GDP increased by 2.6 per cent in the fourth