If you’re looking to update your home for the summer, but aren’t sure where to start, head over to The Home Depot Canada and check out their free do-it-yourself workshops. The Home Depot hosts some great tutorials that will walk you through how to improve your backyard and home for free! Not only that, but children can enjoy a day out of the home as well and build their own items with fun classes offered at The Home Depot.

Upcoming classes for June include:

• Saturday June 13, 2015 (10:00am) – Build a Load n’ Go Truck (kids only)
• Wednesday June 17, 2015 (7:00pm)- Build a Planter Bench (women only)
• Saturday June 20, 2015 (10:00am) – Update your Counter Tops and Cabinets
• Sunday June 28, 2015 (1:00pm)- Repair a deck

You’ll have to RSVP online to secure a spot, but these classes are definitely worth checking out if you want to learn how to update your home.

Click here to learn more about these FREE events from The Home Depot Canada.

Tim Horton’s Canada has a sweet deal that will help keep you cool this summer. Head into your nearest Tim Horton’s now and you could try out their new caramel iced coffee for just $1. This deal only applies to the small sized beverage, but it’s a deliciously creamy way to cool off and get your caffeine fix!

This deal is on for a limited time only, at participating Tim Horton’s locations.

Click here to view this deal from Tim Horton’s Canada.

London Drugs Canada currently has a great online deal for shoppers. Buy just about anything you need online from London Drugs and you could save $25 off your purchase of $100 or more when you pay with Visa Checkout. London Drugs is a great one stop shop for all your health, beauty, home and electronic needs.

You can take advantage of this deal at London Drugs to pick up items like the Apple iPod Nano 16GB. When Apple products go on sale, you usually don’t get much of a discount to make it worth picking up. They normally sell for $179.99 at London Drugs, but they are currently offering $10 off, making it $169.99. If you check out with Visa Checkout, you could get an additional $25 off and pick up this iPod for $144.99.

This deal can be used to purchase just about anything London Drugs offers, with the exception of gift cards. This deal lasts until June 30, 2015 and your discount will be applied automatically when you checkout with Visa Checkout. Your total must be $100 before taxes and shipping to qualify. London Drugs offers free shipping on orders over $200.

Click here to check out this deal from London Drugs Canada.

If you’re looking for a fun outing this Summer, check out African Lion Safari Canada! It’s a cool way for you and your family to check out animals you’d normally only find half a world away up close and personal. Admission rates are normally a little expensive, but right now both Pizza Pizza Canada and Costco Canada have some great discounts that can save you up to $24 off the price of admission!

If you pick up the latest flyer from Pizza Pizza Canada, you’ll find this coupon that gives you $4 off the price of admission for up to 6 people. That means that you could save up to $24 off your family trip to African Lion Safari! Admission for an adult between 13 and 59 normally goes for $33.95, but with this coupon, the price will be $29.95 per adult. Children between 3 and 12 can enter for $21.95  instead of the regular $25.95. This coupon is valid until September 20, 2015.

If you’re a Costco Canada member, then you can get a slightly better deal on admission to African Lion Safari for adults. Costco ticket prices for adults are $29.79 instead of the regular $33.95. Kids admission will be $21.99 instead of the regular $25.95.

African Lion Safari is an amazing chance to see lions, elephants, cheetahs and other exotic animals right in your own backyard. It’s worth checking out at least once!

Click here to learn more about African Lion Safari Canada.

CIBC Canada has a great offer on right now for anyone looking to open up a new bank account. Simply open up a qualifying CIBC account and you could receive up to $300 in cash back bonuses! To get your cash bonus:

• Open a CIBC Unlimited Chequing Account OR a CIBC Premier Service Account
• Pay a bill, send an INTERAC e-Transfer using CIBC Mobile or Online Banking, or deposit a cheque using CIBC eDeposit on Mobile Banking and receive $100 cash in your account
• Complete a direct deposit OR 2 pre-authorized debits to receive an additional $200 cash in your account.

You must keep your account open for 1 year, or CIBC will charge the money back. This Offer is only offered to residents of Canada who: (i) have reached the age of majority; and; (ii) at the beginning of the Offer Period, were not a holder (or joint holder) of a CIBC chequing account, as determined by CIBC at its sole discretion on the basis of its official records. CIBC employees and retired employees are not eligible for the Offer. This offer expires July 17, 2015.

Click here to view more about this deal from CBIC Canada.

For those of you who spend a lot of time shopping online or thorough the Sears Canada catalogue, you will be very impressed to hear that they have reduced their free-shipping threshold from $99 or more, to now just $49 or more. This $50 threshold drop will make it so that you don’t feel pressured into buying a bunch of filler items, that even if you plan on returning, there’s always that fear that they won’t give you a full refund and will perhaps just provide you with store credit.

This free-shipping offer has conditions that are the same as the $99 or more offer, where oversized or overweight items will be charged extra as well as people having orders shipped to remote areas. The weight restriction is 65 lbs and over, while the size restriction is a bit more complicated. If your item’s length exceeds 78-inches, or the length plus the girth exceeds 118-inches, then you will not qualify for the free-shipping offer.

Click here to learn more about the Sears Canada free-shipping offer.

Earlier today, Google Canada made an official announcement on their blog that they would be launching a new free service for storing all of your media related memories, the service is called Google Photos. Google Photos is a standalone app that can take care of decluttering your phone and computer by redirecting all of your photos and videos to be stored on a safe, and unlimited storage system. The service is available for all platforms, including Android, iOS and online, and is entirely free – no matter how many pictures or videos you upload on it or how frequently you use it.

Google Photos is not only a free service that will keep high-quality backups of your pictures and videos (up to 16MP for pictures and 1080HD resolution for videos), but it is also a very intelligent piece of technology that can help organize your memories. Google Photos can search for people, places, or even specific days that pictures were taken, without using any tags. Simply plug-in what you’d like to see, your best friend Jake, or your trip to NYC, and Google Photos will auto group the pictures into a neat file for your viewing only.

There are a number of other really neat features that Google Photos will provide for you, other than storage, all of which you can read about here on the official Google blog.

• Click here to get Google Photos online,
• here to get Google Photos for Android,
• or here to get Google Photos for iOS.

The other day we brought you the news that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency had put out a recall for all President’s Choice brand Moroccan-Style Hummus (227g), that was due to a suspected outbreak of the bacteria Staphylococcus that produces a dangerous toxin. They have now updated this recall to now include all President’s Choice brand hummus and dip products, as they all may contain the dangerous bacteria.

The products that are now included in the recall are:

• Roasted Garlic Hummus (454g), UPC: 0 60383 03583 9
• Hummus (454g), UPC: 0 60383 03582 2
• Spicy Hummus (227g), UPC: 0 60383 03598 3
• Hummus (227g), UPC: 0 60383 03580 8
• Spicy Hummus (454g), UPC: 0 60383 03597 6
• Caramelized Vidalia Onion Hummus (227g), UPC: 0 60383 06051 0
• Roasted Garlic Hummus (227g), UPC: 0 60383 03581 5
• Rosted Garlic Red Pepper and Cumin Hummus (280g), UPC: 0 60383 13518 8
• Roasted Pepper and Paprika Hummus (280g), UPC: 0 60383 13517 1
• Roasted Red Pepper and Chipotle Hummus (280g), UPC: 0 60383 13519 5
• Butter Bean and Roasted Garlic Hummus (280g), UPC: 0 60383 13392 4
• Moroccan-Style Hummus (280g), UPC: 0 60383 13387 0
• Olive Tapenade Hummus (280g), UPC: 0 60383 13388 7
• Red Harissa Hummus (280g), UPC: 0 60383 13390 0
• Sweet Potato and Harissa Dip (280g), UPC: 0 60383 13391 7

Before, there had been no reported illnesses due to this bacteria. That has now changed as there have been reported cases of people presenting symptoms of poisoning from this toxin.

This is a nationwide recall and it applies to all expiry dates on the listed products.

Click here to learn more about the recall on President’s Choice hummus and dips.

Starting on July 1st, you will pay less for feminine hygiene products as the government announced that they will be exempting goods and services tax (GST) and harmonized sales tax (HST) on “a supply of a product that is marketed exclusively for feminine hygiene purposes and is a sanitary napkin, tampon, sanitary belt, menstrual cup or other similar product.”

There has been a lot of pressure on the government to remove the tax on feminine hygiene products but considering they made $36,398,387 in taxes on feminine hygiene products last year, they have been slow to make any changes.  Several provinces still charge the provincial portion of the tax on these products and have not yet announced any changes to the tax.

Back in November, Amazon.ca decided they were going to begin offering same-day delivery in select cities and on select products. This service, while convenient, was going to run a rather high price tag, with it costing $5.99 flat-fee for Amazon Prime members and a whopping $9.98 for non-members, with each additional item in your order costing an extra $0.99. Amazon.ca has changed their terms for same-day shipping, and are now offering Amazon Prime members, who spend $35 or more on their order, free same-day delivery.

The same shipping fee will be in place for Amazon Prime members who spend below $35, but with there now being 20 million different items qualifying for same-day delivery service I’m sure you won’t have a hard time finding some extra filler items to bump you over that $35 minimum.

Your order will have to be placed before 12pm on the day that you wish to have it delivered, and so far the only Canadian cities that offer this service are Toronto and Vancouver.

Click here for a list of neighbourhoods that qualify for same-day delivery from Amazon.ca.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recently placed an announcement out to recall all President’s Choice Moroccan-Style Hummus 280g containers that have a best before date of June 14th, 2015 and a UPC of, 0 60383 13387 0.

The recall on this product is due to the suspected presence of a dangerous bacteria called, Staphylococcus, which cannot be detected by smell or appearance in your hummus. The toxin cannot be removed from your food, even with extreme cooking temperatures. Should you become poisoned with this bacteria, common symptoms include: vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramping and fever. There are yet to be any reports of people becoming ill from these containers though.

If you find out that you have a spoiled container, be sure to throw it out or return it to the store where you bought it from.

Click here to learn more about the recall on the Moroccan-Style Hummus from President’s Choice.

A couple of days ago, a man in Antigonish, N.S. was added to a growing list of customers who have found metal and harmful objects in potatoes they purchased from Loblaws Farmer’s Market brand and Strang’s Produce brand Russet Potatoes. The man found a nail in his potatoes, but this isn’t the strangest thing to be found in the potatoes thus far. Other customer’s have reported finding needles and metal objects over the past couple months from these two Atlantic Canadian potato brands.

The RCMP has an ongoing investigation on this matter, as they perceive that it may be the result of criminal tampering with the two brands’ produce. Loblaws has issued a recall on all of the following potato products to be either returned to the store or thrown away:

Farmer’s Market Potatoes:

• Potatoes Russet 15 lb/6.8kg, UPC: 061483014779
• Potatoes Russet 10lb/4.54kg, UPC: 061483014786
• Potatoes Russet 5lb/2.27kg, UPC: 061483005920

Strang’s Produce:

• Potatoes 15lb/6.8kg, UPC: 3338345486
• Potatoes 10lb/4.54kg, UPC: 3338345485
• Potatoes 5lb/2.27kg, UPC: 3338345481

Strang’s Chef:

• Potatoes Jumbo for Chips 50lb/22.7kg, UPC: 033383454900

These potatoes have been distributed across Atlantic Canada, including New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and P.E.I. If you do find a piece of metal or any other tampering related object in your potatoes, do not throw it away. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency asks that you hold onto it and return it to your local police authority so that they may add it to their investigation.

Click here to learn more about the food recall from Loblaws.

The Desjardins Group is launching a new virtual bank, called Zag Bank Canada and they want to attract new customers with a great offer! Simply sign up for a Zag Bank high interest savings account and you could get up to $150 in bonus cash! Simply start by signing up for a high interest account to get $50. You then get an additional $50 once Zag Bank reaches 1000 customers, followed by another $50 once you reach your 1 year anniversary with Zag Bank! When you sign up with Zag Bank, they’ll give you 2% interest on your investment until June 12, 2015 – that’s an opportunity to earn even more bonus cash for your pocket! The benefits and interest rates are competitive with other banks like Tangerine, so it’s worth taking a look at if you’re thinking about switching your banking!

This offer is valid until June 12, 2015. This offer is not valid for residents of Quebec.

Click here to view this deal from Zag Bank Canada.

Fido Canada as a great offer for customers in search of an affordable smartphone plan. For a limited time at Fido you can choose from 2 great options starting as low as $55 a month with the Spotify Plan.

The first deal will cost customers $55 a month and includes:

• Unlimited Nationwide Talk
• Unlimited Canada Wide Text
• Caller ID
• 2yr of Spotify Premium for free
• 2GB of data

The second deal is $65 a month and includes:

• Unlimited Nationwide Talk
• Unlimited Canada Wide Text
• Caller ID
• 2yr of Spotify Premium for free
• 3GB of data

These plans do not include voice mail, but a 2 year subscription to Spotify for free is a great addition for anyone who love to stream the latest music no matter where they are.

These Fido Canada deals are on for a limited time only.

Click here to view more deals from Fido Canada.

In an announcement released by The Healthy Canadians today, we have learned that there has been a product recall on JA-RU’s Dino World Dino Ooze that was sold by Carlton Cards Canada between October 28th, 2014 and March 30th, 2015. The reason for this recall is because the product has been found to contain organic solvents which, if inhaled by your child for a continuous period of time, could cause some serious harm to their health.

The UPC code for the recalled products is, 075656017351, and the toy item number is, 1735.

If you or anyone you know has purchased one of these toys in the past 6 months, then you can return your Dino World Dino Ooze to any Carlton Cards for a full refund, or dispose of it in the trash.

Click here to learn more about the recall on JA-RU’s Dino Wolrd Dino Ooze by Carlton Cards.