This Saturday, May 9th there is an event that is not only free for the whole family, but also guarantees to deliver fun activities and displays that everyone in your group will enjoy. This event is the Birthday Bash at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, which is celebrating their 20th birthday.

The Bata Shoe Museum will be open from 10am to 4pm, with opening remarks from museum’s founder beginning at 12pm. Apart from getting to view the collection for free, your family will also be able to take part in a number of free arts and crafts activities that are scheduled throughout the day – including free face painting!

There will also be free birthday cake, so be sure to come with enough room for dessert.

Click here to learn more about the Bata Shoe Museum’s Birthday Bash.

It’s no secret that Canadian Tire has had their eyes on Target Canada’s retail stores for some time now, and when the American company announced that they would be closing their doors to Canadian shoppers back in January Canadian Tire wasted no time in working out a deal that would secure them some of their sought after real estate. In a statement issued on Wednesday, May 6th, Canadian Tire Corp. announced that they had reached a $17.7 million dollar deal (they are yet to release whether that number is in American or Canadian dollars) that would expand their store space across the country by 400,000 square feet.

Target officially closed all of their stores last April, and of those 133 Canadian Tire is set to take over the spaces of 12 locations from across the country, which include:

• Les Carrefours Rimouski, in Rimouski, Quebec
• Place Versailles, in Montreal, Quebec
• Hillside Centre, in Victoria, B.C.
• Village Green Mall, in Vernon, BC.
• Aurora Centre, in Aurora, Ontario
• Sudbury Super Mall, in Sudbury, Ontario
• Grant Park Shopping Centre, in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Driftwood Mall, in Courtenay, B.C.
• Tamarack Shopping Centre, in Cranbrook, B.C.
• Bayers Lake Power Centre, in Halifax, NS
• Northwest Centre, in Moncton, NB
• Place Alexis Nihon, in Montreal, Quebec

Canadian Tire believes they will be better able to satisfy their customer’s needs with these newly acquired spaces that are located in more convenient areas, and have more physical space which will ultimately allow them to restock with more popular products.

Click here to find the nearest retail Canadian Tire location to you.

Back in April we posted about the updates that the Home Depot Canada had made for the months of April and May for their free workshops. In case you missed that post, we’re letting you know that while the April free workshops are done, May has some great free tutorials in store that will help get your outdoor living space ready for summer!

You will have to RSVP to the free workshops online at the Home Depot so that you can secure your spot, as these events can fill up pretty quick. The events that you can check out for this month at the Home Depot are:

• Saturday, May 9th at 10am: Build a Picket Fence Frame (2 hours)
• Wednesday, May 20th at 7pm: Build a Vertical Garden (1 hour)
• Sunday, May 24th at 1pm: Build a Deck (1 hour)

Click here to learn more about the FREE workshops at the Home Depot Canada.

Head into your local McDonald’s Canada today to hep support the national McHappy Day fundraiser. For the entire day, McDonald’s Canada will be donating $1 from every Big Mac, Happy Meal or hot McCafe beverages to local charities across the country; charities like Ronald McDonald house.

If you don’t wish to buy any of these food items, you can always opt to buy your co-worker or a friend their morning coffee and still receive the benefit of knowing that your money is going towards a good cause.

Click here to find the nearest McDonald’s Canada location to you.

Starting this Thursday, May 7th is the much anticipated start date of the Dollar Drink Days promotion at McDonald’s Canada. If you haven’t had the pleasure of taking advantage of this promotional event in the past, then you will be excited to hear that during Dollar Drink Days at McDonald’s you can buy any size soft drink for, you guessed it, one dollar.

If soft drinks aren’t your go-to summertime beverage for cooling off on a hot day, then you can also get either a small or medium size iced coffee. You will have the choice between getting a regular iced coffee, or you can get a little crazy and add in a shot of caramel, vanilla, or sugar-free vanilla to give yourself a nice little treat.

This promotion generally runs for at least a couple of weeks, though there has been no end date provided for the public yet.

Click here to find the nearest McDonald’s Canada to you.

The second week of NCIX Canada’s 19th Anniversary Sweepstakes contest has opened for this week, but you will only have until May 6th to enter for your chance to win over $10,000 in prizes from NCIX. Even if you entered in the first week of NCIX’s sweepstakes contest, you can still enter this week for a second chance at winning one of these amazing prizes.

To enter the contest you will first have to subscribe to the NCIX newsletter and then head on over to their Facebook page and ‘like’ the page. You can get additional entries into the contest by tweeting about the contest on Twitter, getting your friends to enter, or by liking the other pages affiliated with NCIX Canada (e.g. NCIX PC Facebook page).

• Click here to learn more about the NCIX 19th Anniversary Sweepstakes contest,
• or here to like the Facebook page.

7-Eleven and Scotiabank Canada have a great deal for anyone who holds a Scotiabank debit card! Between now and June 30, 2015 if you head into your local 7-Eleven and make a withdrawal from a Scotiabank ABM using your Scotiabank debit card, you’ll receive a coupon for a free medium Slurpee or 500mL 7-Select water bottle! This offer is great since the weather is warming up! Simply withdraw your cash and use your coupon to get either a free Slurpee or a free water to keep cool.

This offer is valid now until June 30, 2015. The offer is good at the location in which the coupon was issued. There is a limit of 1 coupon per customer per day. You cannot combine this with any other offers or discounts. Valid only with Scotiabank ABMs and Scotiabank debit cards.

Click here to find a 7-Eleven Canada location with a Scotiabank ABM near you.

The other day we posted about the returning Frappuccino Happy Hour promotion at Starbucks Canada where you can get the cool blended beverage for half-off the regular price. This offer will be available for everyone, with no Starbucks card needed to receive the promotional discount.

Starbucks will however be providing Starbucks card members with an additional hour of ‘happy hour’ fun. For Starbucks card holders, the happy hour event will go from 3-6pm everyday until May 10th, while everyone else will only have until 5pm each day during the promotion to receive the 50% off.

Click here to find the nearest Starbucks Canada cafe to you.

An important announcement was made the other day regarding your taxes, and for those of us who thought that they’d be filing late this year you will be rather excited by this news. The Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) announced that the last day to file your taxes has been pushed back five days and will now have the final day to submit your taxes as May 5th. What makes these extra few days to file your taxes even better is knowing that Turbo Tax Canada has also decided to extend their 20% off sale on all online 2014 editions.

The least expensive edition that Turbo Tax will offer is just $14.39 (regularly $17.99). This standard edition is the most popular version for individuals and families, however, if you are an investor or small business owner then you may be more interested in the premier edition which is currently on sale for $27.99 (was $34.99).

Turbo Tax will be hosting this extended sale until May 5th, 2015.

Click here to get your 2014 online edition of Turbo Tax.

It’s the day we hyped you all up about a couple of weeks ago in this Krispy Kreme Canada post, where you can buy one dozen doughnuts from Krispy Kreme and get your second dozen doughnuts for FREE. This offer is for today only and is in support of the Krispy Kreme Super Hero Day campaign, which you can learn more about here.

Click here to find the nearest Krispy Kreme location to you.

Wind Mobile Canada’s new unlimited monthly plans have definitely made the competition a bit more steep within Canada for the going cellphone rates, especially with their new $35/month talk, text and data plan. The plan is, as stated, only $35 a month and with it you will receive:

• unlimited Canada-wide calling
• unlimited Canada-wide texting
• unlimited Data (2GB full speed allotment)
• unlimited Canada/US-wide picture/video messaging
• voicemail
• call control (caller ID, missed call alerts, call waiting, etc.)
• and up to $150 in Bring/Buy your own phone credits or WINDtab

If you’re still looking to go cheaper, the $25 a month plan offers all of the same features, except that it won’t include the unlimited Data, which nowadays is as much a precedent as unlimited texting is on a phone (as a lot of us do use our phones as handheld computers).

When you compare this plan with other cell phone providers, you quickly realize that this offer from Wind is probably going to give you the most mileage for your money. For instance, Mobilicity offers a $35 a month plan, but they offer ‘light data’ while Wind offers unlimited data. In the light data offer, you will receive e-mail and social networking, which is fine if that’s all you use your data for. If you use your data for other activities, however, it leaves you rather limited.

Click here to learn more about the Wind $35/month unlimited talk, text and data plan.

Instead of making plans to just meet your friends this week at your local watering hole for Friday night drinks, you should instead modify your plans so that you first stop by the nearest Starbucks Canada store between 3-5pm as they are bring back the infamous Frappuccino Happy Hour.

Starting this Friday, May 1st, until May 10th, when you go into any Starbucks between 3-5pm you can buy any Frappuccino Blended Beverage for half-off the regular price. Considering that these are some of the most expensive items on the Starbucks menu, a discount of 50% off is quite significant for your pocketbook. Plus, with the forecasted weather for this weekend looking to, hopefully, warm up a bit an ice cold frappuccino may be just the kind of afternoon pick me up you were looking for.

Click here to learn more about the Frappuccino Happy Hour at Starbucks Canada.

Heinz Canada has issued a recall on a brand of its baby food from the markets this morning due to concerns about possible spoilage. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a recall warning on the Heinz Sweet Potato and Beef Medley baby food due to a “potential loss of seal” which could leave the product open to spoiling. No illnesses have been reported so far, but if you have this stocked up in your pantry, you are being advised not to eat it.

Earlier this month, Heinz Canada also issued a recall on Heinz Chicken with Broth baby food sold in 100 ml containers due to similar concerns about the seals. The affected Chicken with Broth jars carry best before dates of Sept. 26, 2016, and Dec. 12, 2016. As with the Sweet Potato and Beef Medley flavour, you are advised not to eat it if you have an affected jar in your home.

Click here to read more details about this Heinz Canada recall.

Penningtons Canada has an awesome online offer today.

• Get FREE shipping on all online orders with no minimum. At Penningtons Canada

This penningtons Canada offer is valid today only Wednesday. April 22, 2015.

Click here to get Penningtons Canada online offers.

About a month ago now, we introduced you to Apple’s recent innovation in wearable technology, the Apple Watch. The pre-ordering for the Apple Watch has already begun, as the site opened up to customers on April 10th, with an anticipated shipping date of the first orders to be April 24th. While you can still pre-order your watch from Apple, they have warned that there may be a bit of a wait on orders placed later, as they expect that the demand for these hot new Apple gadgets will far exceed their available stock.

Within Canada, the lowest prices on the Apple Watches start at $699 and this will provide you with the 38mm Stainless Steel Sport Band Apple Watch. If you are wanting the next size up, the 42mm Apple Watch, then you will have to fork over an extra $80 as this model costs $779. The other models of Apple Watches increase in price almost exponentially, as the price breakdown is as follows:

• 38mm with Black Classic Buckle/Milanese Loop, $849
• 42mm Black Classic Buckle/Milanese Loop, $919
• 38mm Stainless Steel with Modern Buckle, $979
• 38mm Stainless Steel Case with Link Bracelet, $1,229
• 42mm Stainless Steel Case with Link Bracelet, $1,299
• 38mm Space Black Case with Link Bracelet, $1,389
• 42mm Space Black Case with Link Bracelet, $1,459

The next group of watches that Apple is selling are the Apple Sport Watches, which start at the lowest price of $449 for a 38mm Silver Aluminum Case and end at the most expensive price of $519 for a 42mm Aluminum Case watch.

For those of you who are looking to be among a rather elite group of people who own the limited edition Apple Watch Edition models, then you should know that the bare minimum that you will have to dole out for one of these 18-carat rose gold/yellow gold watches is $13,000. The most expensive Apple Watch will be the 38mm 18-carat rose gold/yellow gold watch with a modern buckle, and this watch will cost $22,000.

 Click here to pre-order your Apple Watch from Apple online.