Monthly Archives:: November 2008

How do you feel about gift cards?

Posted by & filed under Other / Canada.

I’ve been strad­dling the gift card fence for far too long, and I’d love to know what every­body thinks about them.  Are they tacky to give a a gift?  Some­thing that says “I didn’t know what to get you, so buy it your­self”?  Or are they a con­sid­er­ate “I didn’t want to get you some­thing… Read more »

Canadian Blogs: Everything Up Close

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Fea­tured Blog: Every­thing Up Close Every­thing Up Close is a great lit­tle site not unlike our pre­vi­ous fea­tured blog, Glimpse.  Every­thing Up Close fea­tures reviews and give­aways on a slew of prod­ucts that would appeal to moth­ers and other female read­er­ship. The main focus seems to be on fash­ion, though other items are cov­ered on the… Read more »

26 Days till Christmas — Tim Horton’s 1990 Christmas Ad

Posted by & filed under Canadian Deals & Coupons.

Here’s a vin­tage 1990 Christ­mas ad  spot for Tim Horton’s back when com­mer­cials were not as cheesy, when Tim Horton’s chain was Cana­dian and when they used to sell Cakes! Why doesn’t Tim­mies sell cakes any­more? This video was embed­ded using the YouTu­ber plu­gin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.

Is there a Canadian equivalent to Black Friday?

Posted by & filed under Canadian Deals & Coupons.

Ahh Black Fri­day.  The day that kicks off the hol­i­day explo­sion of con­sumerism in the United States that fol­lows their Thanks­giv­ing.  Today in stores all over Amer­ica there are peo­ple fight­ing tooth and nail to get in on deals that they’ll never see again.  But what about us Cana­di­ans?  We have to do our Christ­mas… Read more »

Canadian Flyers: This Week’s Best Deals (Nov 28 — Dec 4)

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Thanks coupon­lady, Arch_Dandy & courtre­porter for as usual post­ing this week’s flyer deals in the Cana­dian Shop­ping Deals Sec­tion Reminder of use­ful links: Cana­dian fly­ers list Cana­dian Coupons Data­base Save.ca Coupons List Cana­dian Hot Deals Forum And here are this week’s flyer deals (Nov 28 — Dec 4, 2008): Wal­mart Flyer Deals Nov. 28 — Dec.5 Zellers Moon­light Mad­ness Flyer Cana­dian… Read more »

Free Coffee at all Starbucks Locations in Ottawa Nov 28th 2-4pm

Posted by & filed under Canadian Freebies, Free Stuff.

We are pleased to announce that on Fri­day Novem­ber 28th, twenty-nine Star­bucks cof­fee retail loca­tions across Ottawa will be host­ing their annual “Cheer Par­ties” to cel­e­brate the hol­i­day sea­son with the com­mu­nity and to sup­port United Way Cen­traide Ottawa’s 2008 com­mu­nity cam­paign in the final stretch. Dur­ing these two-hour in-store events, Star­bucks will be offer­ing… Read more »

Canadian Blogs: spiffykerms

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Fea­tured Blog: spiffyk­erms Blogs are an inter­est­ing thing.  Some­times they’re about a spe­cific trend, topic or dis­cus­sion.  Other times they’re about noth­ing at all.  While spiffyk­erms falls into that “noth­ing” cat­e­gory, it’s a delight­ful and refresh­ing read every day. As a per­sonal blog spiffyk­erms details the thoughts and expe­ri­ences of it’s author in a way that… Read more »

Canadian Tire Flyer: Biggest 3-Day Christmas Sale

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Cana­dian Tire is hav­ing a huge 3 day sale on Fri­day, Sat­ur­day & Sun­day Novem­ber 28 — 30, 2008. Mind­s­eye of Dealcetera.com has a VERY detailed blog post about the deals so there’s no need for me to write this again. Click here for Mindseye’s detailed Cana­dian Tire Christ­mas sale and deals post

Canadian Freebies: Enfamil Kit including Free Product, Coupons & $75+ in Free Stuff

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I know I’ve posted this Enfamil free­bie loads of times on the blog but it’s always good to remind new par­ents of this awe­some free­bie Join Enfamil Fam­ily Begin­nings now and receive up to $75 in free gifts and offers. You will receive a free Enfamil kit that includes: Enfamil sam­ples (and in many cases… Read more »

27 Days till Christmas — Download big Artists Christmas Songs for Free (48 hours only)

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Oprah Win­frey has teamed up with some of the biggest names in the music busi­ness to cre­ate a one-of-a-kind hol­i­day mix. You can down­load the Christ­mas mp3s for free To down­load the songs right click on the name and “Save Tar­get As” Faith Hill, “Joy to the World” from the album Joy to the World Tony Ben­nett,… Read more »

SmartCanucks Caption Challenge: Week 3

Posted by & filed under Other / Canada.

I’m going to try and not repeat themes too often, but after see­ing this photo of Obama I couldn’t resist.  Besides, at 40 cap­tions and count­ing on our first post it seems like every­one here at Smart­Canucks is eager to put words in the mouths of US politi­cians. So what say you?  Who’s the real… Read more »

Canadian Tire Free Christmas Countdown Calendar Coupons: $100+ in Savings

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Thanks columbiathorn­dale for post­ing about the Cana­dian Tire Christ­mas Count­down Coupons on the Cana­dian Shop­ping Deals and Fly­ers sec­tion. Cana­dian Tire’s  Free Christ­mas Count­down Cal­en­dar will be avail­able from Fri­day Novem­ber 28th, till  Sun­day Novem­ber 30th, 2008. Last year they had awe­some coupons: Free Hol­i­day CD with songs from artists includ­ing Sarah McLach­lan, Diana Krall, and… Read more »

Goodbye Dominion A&P & Loeb, Welcome Metro

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Some of you might have heard about this already. Metro Inc. will start chang­ing most of its gro­cery stores’ names to Metro to help make it eas­ier and more eco­nom­i­cal for them to brand and mar­ket the stores. Once the trans­for­ma­tion is com­plete by the end of 2009 Metro will become the most com­mon super­mar­ket… Read more »

Hamster On A Piano

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Came across this video on Ted Avery’s web­site. I can’t stop watch­ing it! Thanks Ted for wast­ing my next hour watch­ing this This video was embed­ded using the YouTu­ber plu­gin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video.

Bluenotes Canada Online Coupon Code: 50% off Entire Purchase

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Yep! it’s back Get 50% dis­count on your entire pur­chase at Bluenotes Canada online blnts.com. Use coupon code just4u at check­out. This coupon code is valid until Novem­ber 30th, 2008. You also get free stan­dard ship­ping on orders over $75! Last time Bluenotes had a 50% off promo many SC’ers found it use­ful. They even got free… Read more »

28 Days till Christmas — 2008’s Hottest Holiday Toys

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Today I’ll present this year’s hottest toys. Some of these toys are expected to make it to many children’s Christ­mas Wish Lists. Instead of mak­ing up the list I am using Toys R Us’s “Fab­u­lous 15″ Hot Hol­i­day Toys since they obvi­ously have more expe­ri­ence in that field. I linked to these toys so you… Read more »