Monthly Archives:: August 2006

Don’t Buy a New PC Now… Wait for Intel Core 2 Duo

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If you’re think­ing of buy­ing a new PC I very very strongly urge you to wait for about one and a half months when most desk­tops ship with Intel’s new Core 2 Duo Proces­sors (replaces Intel Pen­tiums). The Core 2 Duo proces­sors received loads of pos­i­tive reviews from IT pro­fes­sion­als all around the world. With­out… Read more »

Canadian Deals: Best Buy Discount Dorm Sale

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Thanks Mike C. and ceci for let­ting me know about Best Buy’s Back To School Dis­count Dorm Sale I had a quick scan through their prod­ucts and I found good deals but noth­ing stun­ning. I’ll have another look tonight. Check out the Best Buy Dis­counted Dorm prod­ucts here.

Canadian Freebies: “Environmental Risks and Breast Cancer” CD

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Get a free cd from Vas­sar Col­lege that dis­cusses risks and evi­dence sug­gest­ing role of the envi­ron­men­tal fac­tors in breast can­cer. It also dis­cusses how repro­duc­tive his­tory, inher­ited fac­tors, and lifestyle can increase or decrease the risk of Breast Can­cer. Only if it will be of use to you, get the free “Envi­ron­men­tal Risks and… Read more »

Cutest Baby contest… coming soon!

Posted by & filed under Canadian Deals & Coupons.

Do you have a son, daugh­ter, sib­ling, nephew, niece, cousin or friend, born in 2006, 2005 or 2004? If you do, they could win SmartCanucks’s Cutest Baby Con­test and receive a FREE gift! Details com­ing up next week!

Post Your Good or Bad Shopping Experience on SmartCanucks.ca

Posted by & filed under Praises and Complaints.

Lan­dior left a com­ment on my Dis­ap­point­ing Dior post describ­ing her unpleas­ant expe­ri­ence at The Bay in Kingston. I always felt that The Bay in Kingston is very unwel­com­ing, from the sec­ond you pass by the cos­met­ics sec­tion to the sec­ond you check out. I believe that as cus­tomers (or even just as humans!) we have… Read more »

Canadian National Exhibition CNE 2006 Tickets at Reduced Prices

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The Cana­dian National Exhi­bi­tion starts today (August 18th, 2006) I man­aged to find some amaz­ingly good ticket prices. To get the lower prices please fol­low the instruc­tions below: Either: Go directly to the cor­po­rate ticket pur­chase site here. or Go to CNE’s main web­site here then click on “Get Tick­ets” then click on “Buy Online” then… Read more »

French Manicure

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French man­i­cure looks great but get­ting it done pro­fes­sion­ally is not always the most prac­ti­cal (and eco­nomic) way. There’s noth­ing bet­ter than doing it at home. After all, why pay for a man­i­cure when you can do it your­self! When giv­ing your­self a French man­i­cure, place adhe­sive tape under the white tip of your nail… Read more »

Canadian Flyers: Shoppers Drug Mart Less is More

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Thanks caliente for this awe­some Shop­pers Drug Mart Opti­mum Points South­west­ern Ontario deal This week­end LESS is MORE Sat­ur­day, August 19th & Sun­day, August 20th ONLY! SAVE 25%* of your points when you redeem this Sat­ur­day or Sun­day 22,500 points = $55 OFF (reduced from 30,000 points) 30,000 points = $75 OFF (reduced from 40,000 points)… Read more »

Staples Canada Teacher Appreciation Days 2006

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Sta­ples Canada Teacher Appre­ci­a­tion Days 2006 August 17th & 24th. Make  sure you have your school board issued I.D. to prove that you’re a teacher. Exclu­sive deals for teach­ers! Get 10% off all in-store pur­chases*, dou­ble your Div­i­dend$ Rewards and receive a FREE GIFT. *some exclu­sions apply see in-store for details *Excludes com­put­ers, gift cards, Canada… Read more »

Free “Choose to Know” Bracelet

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I got the “Choose to know” Bracelet in the mail today So for those of you who missed my pre­vi­ous post here it is again: The Choose to Know Cam­paign seeks to empower women to pro­tect them­selves from cer­vi­cal can­cer by ‘choos­ing to know’ their HPV sta­tus. HPV (human papil­lo­mavirus) is the pri­mary cause of cer­vi­cal… Read more »

Mastering the science of love

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Here’s an inter­est­ing arti­cle from Chate­laine:  Ah, love… It’s a mag­i­cal thing. Well, sort of. Turns out long-term romance may not be the stuff of fate, soul­mates or the stars after all. Rela­tion­ship researchers say mar­riage is a sci­ence, and argue that they can pre­dict – with a sur­pris­ing degree of accu­racy – whose love… Read more »

What you need to know about Corrective Eye Surgery

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I found the fol­low­ing arti­cle regard­ing laser eye surg­eries so it might be use­ful as this topic was on the “laser eye treat­ment” post in the forum! With the mul­ti­tude of cor­rec­tive eye surg­eries on the mar­ket, you should take a closer look at what’s best for you, not at the price tag. While many… Read more »

Canadian Flyers: Price Chopper Dollar Sale $1

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Thanks erin­marisa for allow­ing me to post your list All these gro­cery items are $1 each: Frozen Util­ity Turkeys, 3-9kg, limit 2 Maple Leaf Hot­dogs or Shopsy’s Wieners Mini White Potatos Com­pli­ments Pan­cake or Waf­fles Neil­son Choco­late or But­ter­milk I can’t believe it’s not but­ter mar­garine, 454g Astro Yogurt 2/$1 Nes­tle or Cad­bury choc. bars 2/$1… Read more »