Vegans and dairy-free diets are some of the hardest ones to adhere to, especially on Friday night when all your friends suggest pitching in for ordering a pizza. Since one of the central ingredients for pizza, outside of the dough, is the cheese, it often presents an uncomfortable moment when you want to be part of a social get together but your dietary preferences or requirements prevent you from taking part. Pizza Pizza Canada has taken a cue from the increasing demand for offering more diet friendly options for their pies and is introducing dairy-free, vegan-friendly cheese to their menu. What’s even better? This cheese won’t be coming at an additional cost, as a lot of dairy-free, vegan options usually do.

You can check out all of the topping options at Pizza Pizza by heading to their nutrition section where they break down each topping’s ingredient and possibility for cross-contamination.

The cheese that Pizza Pizza will be offering is from Violife, which is a North American owned company co-owned by the NBA champion John Salley. Salley has been an advocate for a vegan lifestyle and sustainable eating for some time. And so when he met the owner of Pizza Pizza, Pat Finelli, at last year’s NBA All-Star’s Weekend it was only natural that the two begin cooking up a business deal that would cater to the Canadian vegan pizza community.

You can learn more about Pizza Pizza’s menu and ingredients here.

Click here to find the nearest Pizza Pizza location to you.

Sears Canada is getting into the March Break fever this week. From today until March 12th, you will be able to use the promo code MARCH50 to save $50 off on your total purchase of $200+. Alternatively, if you’re not looking to spend quite that much, you can use the promo code MARCH20 to save $20 off on your total purchase of $100+.

These discount coupons will be valid on select regular and sale priced:

• Family Fashions & Footwear
• Jewellery & Watches
• Cosmetics
• Fragrances & Grooming
• Luggage, Toys
• Bed & Bath
• Decor & Window
• Kitchen & Small Appliances
• Tools
• Cooling & Heating
• and Electronics

I decided to try these promo codes out on the men’s clothing and clearance sale, where you can find a number of great offers on men’s Levi’s, dress shirts and hoodies. I was able to grab three pairs of men’s Levi’s, like these 501 Original Fit jeans (now $49.99, was $69.99), for just $129.97. Usually, three pairs of jeans, such as these, would cost $209.97, but right now you can save yourself $80!

Sears Canada offers FREE shipping on all orders that are $99 or more.

Click here to begin shopping at Sears Canada.

While the days may be starting to get longer, it’s still nice to have a pretty light fixture to keep your kitchen bright as the sun sets and the moon wanes and waxes outside your window. Which is why today’s deal from Lowe’s Canada is surely going to brighten your day (pardon the pun…), as they’re chandeliers and light fixtures in their clearance sale have been discounted between 20-40% off the regular price.

There are a number of really nice fixtures to get your hands on, but I personally always preferred the look of simple chandeliers, like this Eurofase Lighting 5-Light Chrome Hardwired Standard Chandelier (now $229), or this allen + roth LWSC0333C1 Winnsboro 5-Light Brushed Nickel Hardwired Chandelier (now $224). For more inexpensive options, you could also check out little lights like this Manor House Low-Voltage Halogen Path Light, now only $13.99 (was $27.99).

Another great deal going on at Lowe’s right now is this sale on this Kichler Lighting Barrington 52-in Distressed Black and Wood Downrod Ceiling Fan (5-Blade), which is now just $229, $70 off of the regular price of nearly $300.

This sale will be available until March 15, 2017.

Lastly, check out the scratch and save event where you can save $10 off $100 using the promo code SAVE10.

Lowe’s offers FREE shipping on all orders that are $49 or more.

Click here to begin shopping at Lowe’s Canada.

This is a fabulous makeup deal that the Hudson’s Bay Canada is offering right now on Shiseido products. Shiseido has a great selection of makeup and skin care products and for a limited time when you spend $45+ on Shiseido products you will automatically receive (no code required!) a FREE 6-piece Shiseido gift. The pack is originally valued to be worth $92, but you’ll be getting it for free when you spend as little as $45.

I was able to throw in a couple of other freebies when I was checking out after having picked up some Shiseido Sports BB Light SPF50 for just $48. I was given the option of adding three extra perfume samples on top of grabbing the 6-piece gift set. Plus, if you use the promo code, VIP, you will receive an extra discount – in this case I was able to save $4.80 off my total purchase, making my total purchase just $43.20.

The gift bag will include:

• Ultimune Power Infusing Eye Concentrate, 5ml
• Bio-Performance Glow Revival Serum, 7ml
• Bio-Performance Glow Revival Eye Treatment, 5ml
• Benefiance WrinkleResistant24 Express Smoothing Eye Mask, 1 application
• Urban Environment Protective Cream, 15ml
• plus, a fashionable Shiseido makeup bag to hold all your goodies in

Hudson’s Bay Canada will be offering this for a limited time or while quantities last.

Hudson’s Bay offers FREE shipping on orders that are $45+ (or $29 on beauty purchases) when you are paying with your Hudson’s Bay credit card, or $99+ (or $49 on beauty purchases) when you pay with any other form of tender.

Click here to begin shopping at Hudson’s Bay Canada.

Lululemon Canada is having a “We Made Too Much sale” where you can find over 100 different styles on sale! Check out these styles below and also enjoy FREE shipping on your order!

• Women’s:
  • Dance Studio Crop II , for $49.00, was $58.00
  • Hotty Hot Short, for $29.00 – $49.99, was $58.00
  • Commission Pant, for 89.00, was $128.00
  • Make A Move Short, for $39.00, was $58.00
  • And more

• Men’s:
  • Off The Chain Buttondown, for $79.00, was $128.00
  • Snap Down Vest, for $69.00 – $99.00, was $198.00
  • In Your Element Long Sleeve, for $49.00, was $88.00
  • Surge Thermo Vest, for $99.00, was $198.00
  • And more

Lululemon Canada has FREE shipping on all orders, no minimum purchase is required. All Lululemon ‘We Made Too Much sale’ styles are final sale, no returns or exchanges.

Click here to shop women’s clothing at Lululemon Canada.

Click here to shop men’s clothing at Lululemon Canada.

March Break is fast approaching and is actually taking place in some places across the country already. If you’re scrambling for what to do with your kiddies over the break, then I recommend you head over to Indigo Chapters Canada. Instead of just offering March Break sales – which are available should the activities not be of interest to you – Indigo Chapters is also hosting a number of free crafts, games and reading events to entertain your children if only for an hour or two.

The days of the specific days of the events at Indigo Chapters will vary depending on where you’re living, but the events themselves will stay the same. They are broken down as such:

• Monday: Qixels Craft Day, build your own design and create your very own pixel world of monsters, warriors, and ninjas!
• Tuesday: Klutz Crafting Day, introducing a new line of Klutz products for young children, Klutz Jr.
• Wednesday: Hasbro gaming day, play classics as well as new additions to the Hasbro family lineup
• Thursday: Dr. Seuss day, celebrate 60 years of Seuss by making paper hats and a hat toss
• Friday: Play-Dog, play with Play-Doh Kitchen Creations

Click here to learn more about the March Break events at Indigo Chapters Canada.

Here’s some exciting news for you who like to spend winter hibernating away from the cold, but still like to enjoy the occasional Big Mac; McDonald’s Canada, as reported earlier this week by CTV, is exploring the options of adding at-home delivery to their service, in addition to mobile app ordering, table service and even curb service!

McDonald’s already offers at-home delivery in other Asian countries, like Singapore, China and South Korea, and they have experimented with third-party at-home delivery options, but they’re hoping to shift the responsibility of delivery to entirely be McDonald’s Canada’s, so they’re the one’s that stand to profit in the increasingly competitive fast-food/restaurant industry.

McDonald’s is also looking to add mobile app paying to their service, meaning you could place your order ahead of time so that you can skip the lineup at the counter, or even skip the lineup in the drive-thru to have your order delivered to your car. Now that’s a service.

McDonald’s also said that they would be looking to add table service to their Canadian customers, but there is still no firm date for any of these much talked about updates.

Click here to find the nearest McDonald’s Canada to you (though you may soon not have to!)

Atmosphere Canada is already gearing up for camping season, though the frost on your windows may still be thawing. They’re currently offering a number of hot weekly deals that will have you wanting to hold a blow dryer to the frozen ground outside your window, particularly a 20-40% off sale on essential camping equipment.

Here’s a roundup of all the sales and deals that Atmosphere Canada is running for the next week:

• save 20-40% off on camping equipment
• buy a GoPro Hero 5 Black or a Hero 5 Session Camera and get a 3-way accessory for FREE
• save at least 30% off on nordic skis, boots and bindings
• save at least 30% off on select 2016 Osprey Packs
• save at least 25% off on select outdoor clothing
• select footwear 20% off
• save at least 30% off on snowshoes

Atmosphere Canada is offering FREE shipping on all orders for a limited time only.

Click here to begin shopping at Atmosphere Canada.

Canada’s Wonderland season is soon to be starting, and if you’re like me and you really don’t enjoy paying full price for anything, then you’ll be excited to hear that there is a way to save 45% off of the regular price for a daily ticket.

If you’ve got April 23rd, 2017 already booked off, then you should pick up the Scotiabank Family Day Canada’s Wonderland pass, which is being sold for just $22.49. Daily tickets at Canada’s wonderland are usually $39.99, meaning you’ll be saving $17.99. To qualify for this offer, you will have to buy your tickets before April 1st, as that’s when prices will go up. You will have full access to the park from 10am-8pm, and you do not have to be a Scotiabank employee to purchase these tickets – anyone can buy them!

Even better, if you’d like to visit the park more than once this summer, then you can grab the Two Day Scotiabank Family Day Ticket for just $35.99. In this offer, your first visit to the park will have to be on April 23rd, 2017, but your second visit can be used on any regular operating day between April 30th-June 30th.

There’s also the option of throwing in an all-you-can-eat BBQ ticket for $13.50, which if you take into consideration the average prices of amusement park foods (I once paid $5 for a bottled drink…), then this is actually a pretty sweet deal. The lunch runs from 12-1pm in the Canada’s Wonderland courtyard and you’ll have the choice of hot dogs, hamburgers, salads, fried chicken and soft drinks.

Click here to buy your early bird tickets for Canada’s Wonderland Scotiabank Family Day.

Okay, this is almost unheard of. MAC Cosmetics, notorious for never going on sale, is currently being offered at Hudson’s Bay Canada in both a discounted gift package and on sale.

In the first offer from the Hudson’s Bay, you will have the choice of four different Look in a Box sets that are all being sold for just $67, though they’re valued to be worth $166. Each 7-piece Look in a Box set will include:

• A blush,
• lipstick,
• lipglass,
• eyeliner,
• a blush brush
• and two eyeshadows

The different Look in a Box sets are designed to suit whatever your makeup preferences should be. If you’re going for a softer makeup look, you may be interested in the Sweet Miss set or the Natural Flare set. For those of you looking for more of an eye-catching makeup look, then you may want to check out the Sultry Diva set or the Sun Siren set.

As for the MAC makeup that has been discounted, you have two really great options to choose from. Right now, the Hudson’s Bay is selling M.A.C Nine-Pan Eyeshadow Palettes for just $25.20. Usually these 9-pan palettes are sold for $42, which would make each individual eyeshadow colour discounted to costing just $2.80 in this sale! You’ll have the choice of going dark, with the M.A.C Eye Shadow x 9: Navy Times Nine or going light, with the M.A.C Pastel Nine-Pan Eyeshadow Palette.

Finally, the last makeup offer going on at Hudson’s Bay Canada right now, is the FREE Elizabeth Arden Ceramide deal. When you bring in any skin care serum to the counter at Hudson’s Bay, you will be able (but only for a few more days!) to pick up a 30 caps of Elizabeth Arden Ceramide for FREE. Click here for more details about this promotion.

Remember that when you shop at Hudson’s Bay Canada and are only buying beauty products, shipping is FREE when you spend $29+ when you pay with your Hudson’s Bay credit card, or $49+ when you use any other form of tender.

All other shipping and handling will be FREE when you spend $45+ when you use your Hudson’s Bay credit card, or $99+ when you use all other forms of tender.

Click here to begin shopping at Hudson’s Bay Canada.

Okay, listen up ladies. Not only is today International Women’s Day, but it appears that some retailers, more specifically the Hudson’s Bay Canada, are taking note and have decided to whip up some amazing deals for us today. For today only, and online only, you can shop women’s fashion at the Hudson’s Bay for up to 35% off – including designer jeans! – and women’s shoes are on sale for up to 20% off.

There is also an extra saving promo code that you can throw on at checkout, FLASH, which will save you an additional 15% off of your total purchase today. But again, this is just for today only!

The discounts on women’s shoes and women’s fashion is up to 35% and 20% off respectively, but to get the full discount you will have to buy a little more. For instance, to get the full discount of 20% on shoes, you will need to buy 2 pairs of shoes; if you buy one pair of shoes, you will only receive 15% off.

For instance, if I wanted to pick up these Lauren Ralph Lauren Nikki Wedge Sandals, regularly $59, they would only cost $50.15. But, if I were to pair them with these Lauren Ralph Lauren Janis Striped Slip-On Sneakers, regularly $59, each pair of shoes would be reduced to being just $47.20 for a grand total of $80.24 (remember, you get an extra 15% off with the FLASH promo code!)

As you can tell, the women’s fashion sale follows the same methodology as the shoe sale. So if you three items, you will save 35% off, if you buy two items, you will save 30% off, and if you buy one item, then you will save 25% off on each item. I decided to make an outfit out this deal and grab these destroyed jeans (reg. $89), this Molly Pullover Shirt ($39), and this Abby Button Trench Coat (reg. $89), which ultimately only cost me $97.11 after the 15% off discount was applied. To put that in perspective, an outfit like this would usually have cost $217!

Hudson’s Bay Canada offers FREE shipping on orders that are $45+ ($29+ on beauty orders) when you buy with your Hudson’s Bay credit card, or $99+ ($49+ on beauty orders) when you use any other form of tender.

Click here to begin shopping at Hudson’s Bay Canada.

This is an offer that will get all new and expecting moms excited, as right now when you register with Similac Club Canada you can receive a FREE gift valued at up to $120.

The gift includes Similac Mom, which is a nutritional drink with 12g of protein, folic acid, iron and calcium and 26 more essential vitamins and minerals, Similac rebate cheques and samples, plus a free informational brochure on maternal nutrition and a baby’s development.

The information you’ll have to fill out is pretty basic. Obviously to begin with you’ll have to fill out your mailing address so that Similac can send you samples to the correct address. Next, they ask that you provide some basic information about your child (age, breastfed, formula, first child or not). You can feel free to fudge the information on this section if you don’t feel comfortable giving that away though. The only reason they say that they’re asking is to cater samples for you that are suited to your needs and preferences.

There is no listed expiry on this offer, but I imagine it won’t be around for too long!

Click here to sign-up for Similac Club Canada.

If you haven’t heard about this wonderful promo code offer running at Toms Shoes Canada, then now is the time to be listening! From now until March 31st at 11:59pm PST, you can buy almost anything from Toms – including sale shoes – and use the promo code GIVETOMSCA to save $10 off your purchase of $60+ or $20 off on your purchase of $120+.

The best part of this promo code offer is that Toms doesn’t restrict you from applying the offer on sale shoes, so the best bang for your buck will surely be shopping within this section. I was able to buy two pairs of shoes actually, these women’s blue multi denim slip-ons (regularly $70, now only $42), and these men’s castlerock grey suede slip-ons (regularly $80, now $44), for just $76. That’s a saving of $74 from the original price, plus I didn’t have to pay for shipping since it was over $50.

Toms Shoes Canada offers FREE shipping on all orders that are $70 or more until March 31st 2017.

Click here to begin shopping at Toms Canada.

My world was absolutely shook when I discovered the life hack of hulling strawberry stems by using a plastic straw. I thought I would never feel as silly and relieved as I did that day for having wasted so much of my life nibbling around the pulpy stems of strawberries, but then I learned about another untapped resource that could be saving me hours, and I mean literally hours, of wasted time; that resource was Netflix Canada’s secret genre codes.

There is actually a website dedicated to this seemingly mythical idea, and once you try it out, your Netflixing game will never be the same. These secret codes are basically made up of four or so numbers that specify exactly what kind of category you may be looking for. 10005? Religious documentaries. 8195? B-horror movies. The specificities get so detailed that you can actually limit your search to differentiating between Supernatural Horror Movies – 42023 – or Supernatural Thrillers – 11140.

I suggest using the site, as it allows you to search for your weird categories and then click on it and be redirected to that category on Netflix. If that doesn’t work for you though, you can simply copy and paste the numbers from the categories below and just add it to your browser’s search; for example, to get to ‘Quirky Romance’, as shown above, you’d simply type into your browser: www.netflix.com/browse/genre/36103.

Here’s a roundup of all the sub-categories that you can find using your secret Netflix codes:

A

Action and Adventure: 1365
Action Comedies: 43040
Action Sci-Fi and Fantasy: 1568
Action Thrillers: 43048
Adult Animation: 11881
Adventures: 7442
African Movies: 3761
Alien Sci-Fi: 3327
Animal Tales: 5507
Anime: 7424
Anime Action: 2653
Anime Comedies: 9302
Anime Dramas: 452
Anime Fantasy: 11146
Anime Features: 3063
Anime Horror: 10695
Anime Sci-Fi: 2729
Anime Series: 6721
Art House Movies: 29764
Asian Action Movies: 77232
Australian Movies: 5230

(more…)

The Gap Canada has a great spring promo code going on, but it will only be available till the end of the day at 11:59pm EST, so you had better hustle fast if you want to take advantage of this one. For today only, when you use the promo code, GAPHAPPY, you can save 40% off on your purchase of one item. Some restrictions apply.

I already tried using the promo code on more than one item in my cart, and it only applies to the most inexpensive item in your cart, so I suggest you pick something up that you’ve been eyeing for some time, but haven’t been able to justify spending the suggested amount.

Gap Canada offers FREE shipping on all orders that are $50 or more.

Click here to begin shopping at Gap Canada.