Most of our dietary intake is made up of common North American cuisine – vegetables, pasta, Hot Pockets – the list goes on and on. But some of the things on our menu are distinctly Canadian. Great Canadian Foods is a new weekly feature on SmartCanucks exploring the tastier side of Canadian living. While it’s …Read More

We all love the hip and occasionally silly clothing designs at Threadless.com, but don’t you just hate to pay for shipping?  All this month any order with a hoodie in it will recieve free shipping.  One hoodie and ten t-shirts?  Free shipping.  2 hoodies and an infant onesie?  Free shipping.  Anything + hoodie?  Free shipping. The hoodies …Read More

Week 2 of the NFL is well underway, and as I settle in for a long afternoon of football and writing, I can’t help but ponder the future of football in Canada. The CFL has seen a big resurgence in recent years.  In fact, not a season has gone by in the last decade where …Read More

Tomorrow night, CBC will be hosting a very special presentation of Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation… in 3D! As a result, Canada Post’s across the country are offering free pairs of 3D glasses so you can enjoy the experience from the comfort of your own home… but you knew that already, didn’t you? While checking …Read More

I don’t know about where you live, but in my part of Canada things just got real cold real quick. Two weeks ago I was still in shorts. Last week it was jeans and a fall coat. This morning I had to add a sweater into the mix. It’s not snow weather yet, but it’s …Read More

Yesterday was Mario’s 25th birthday — but you knew that already, didn’t you? Whether you’ve seen it as a status update from a Facebook friend or even just as a fluff piece on the news, word of Mario’s quarter century milestone seemed to spread like wildfire…. only none of it was true. It is true …Read More

Most of our dietary intake is made up of common North American cuisine – vegetables, pasta, Hot Pockets – the list goes on and on. But some of the things on our menu are distinctly Canadian. Great Canadian Foods is a new weekly feature on SmartCanucks exploring the tastier side of Canadian living. From Tim …Read More

I know kids are doing dangerous sports younger and younger nowadays, but this is ridiculous! 😛 This week’s caption contest comes to us courtesy of an ad for little itty bitty skate shoes aimed at the “not quite ready to walk” crowd. So what are you waiting for? Make with the captions already!

Between blogging, photo-sharing, and my constant obsession with Facebooking, I like to think of myself as a thoroughly engaged digital citizen. A hip young social warrior on the plugged-in frontier, so to speak. But every now and then some digital pioneer comes up with a service that makes me feel my age. foursquare is one …Read More

Most of our dietary intake is made up of common North American cuisine – vegetables, pasta, Hot Pockets – the list goes on and on. But some of the things on our menu are distinctly Canadian. Great Canadian Foods is a new weekly feature on SmartCanucks exploring the tastier side of Canadian living. When starting …Read More

Another summer has come and gone for Canada, and while the calendar might tell us we still have another two weeks until fall, our social clocks are telling us something different. This is the last long weekend of the year — the last time for backyard BBQ’s, the last weekend the kids are home from …Read More

Own an iPhone? Love video games? Don’t want to pay for them? Every weekday Gamezebo.com posts a round-up of the best games to receive a temporary price break to free, as well as highlights of new permanently free games that are well worth a look. You can see today’s list here, but to stay on …Read More

It’s that time of year again folks: Labour Day Weekend is finally upon us. And while for some it means the unofficial end of summer, and for others it means the first week of school, for CFL fans it means a weekend of brilliant rivalries. For more than 60 years Canadian Football fans have spent …Read More

If you’re a t-shirt junkie, you’ve no doubt long ago fallen in love with the wonders of Threadless.com. With original ideas, regular sales, and decent quality products, few places are better for meeting your monthly quota of short-sleeved shirts. But have you ever stopped to wonder where those original ideas come from? If you’re imaginative …Read More

It’s been a little over a year since our last caption challenge, so we’ll forgive some of our newer readers if they make puzzles faces when we say the word “return.” The challenge (as well as it’s author, humble ol’ Jim Squires) has returned from a lengthy hiatus, eager to see what silly captions the …Read More