The World’s Biggest Bookstore in Toronto Canada is closing shop on March 23, 2014. After 33 years of years of serving as the World’s Biggest Bookstore in Toronto, they are having a Farewell Sale in which you will save 50% off store wide.

The World’s Biggest Bookstore in Toronto will be turned into a restaurant, says Metro and CBC News. The doors will close March 23rd, 2014 for the last time, so don’t miss your opportunity to save 50% off store-wide at the Chapters Indigo World’s Biggest Bookstore in Toronto, Ontario.

It looks like this 50% off offer at the World’s Biggest Bookstore does exclude electronics, tablets, eBooks, gift cards, video games, used books, LEGO and not able to be combined with other coupons, offers or promotions.

Click here for more information about The World’s Biggest Bookstore (Chapters, Indigo) Canada’s Farewell Sale and Save 50% off store wide.

If you are looking for something to do with the family during March Break, here is the perfect opportunity!

Tim Hortons Canada is offering FREE Ice Skating for residents of Canada during the March Break 2014. You will receive FREE skating time at local arenas in the participating communities across Canada. You will be able to spend some quality time with your family during the march break at absolutely no cost. It is Tim Horton’s way of saying “Thank You”.

The skating schedules are as follows:

Quebec:

Gaspesie
Capacity restrictions apply.
Aréna J.-Robert Lévesque
March 3   1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
March 4   1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
March 5   9:30 am – 11:30 am
March 7   1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Ontario:

Happy Wednesday everyone! Just a reminder that for a limited time only, 7-Eleven has $1 Wednesdays where you can get any hot beverage for only $1. The best part about this 7-Eleven deal is that they have a bunch of yummy hot beverages including:

• Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows
• French Vanilla Latte
• Kona Coffee

Have a lovely day! Enjoy 🙂

We often get posts on the forum that someone has logged into their loyalty card after not using it for a while to find their points have expired, especially when households have a second card that is not used as much.

• Air Miles: Accounts are inactive after 24 months of non-use and all miles expire 5 years from issue.
• Aeroplan: Accounts are inactive after 12 months of non-use and  points expired 7 years from issue (point expiry recently removed from terms).

Grocery Stores:

• More Rewards: Accounts are inactive after 18 months of non-use. Points do not expire if card is active.
• PC Plus: Accounts are inactive after 24 months of non-use.  Points do not expire if card is active.
• Club Sobeys: Accounts are inactive after 24 months of non-use.  Points do not expire if card is active.

Beauty

• Sephora Beauty Insiders: Accounts are inactive after 24 months of non-use.  Points do not expire if card is active.
• Shoppers Optimum: Accounts are inactive after 12 months of non-use.  Points do not expire if card is active.

Other Stores

• Best Buy Reward Zone: Accounts are deemed inactive on December 31st if you have made no purchases in that calendar year.  Points do not expire if card is active.  If you have enough points to redeem a gift card, they will automatically redeem for you before closing the card.
• Hudson’s Bay Rewards: Accounts are inactive after 12 months of non-use.  Points do not expire if card is active.
• Esso Extra: Accounts are inactive after 12 months of non-use.  Points do not expire if card is active.
• Petro Points: Accounts are inactive after 12 months of non-use.  Points do not expire if card is active.
• Scene Points: Accounts are inactive after 24 months of non-use.  Points do not expire if card is active.

Did you also know that if you become bankrupt, your points are forfeited?

The Royal Canadian Mint has released a 5 Pack Lucky Loonie in honour of the Sochi 2014 Olympics! Get this collectible pack of 5 Lucky Loonies for only $5. These coins will only be available for a limited time and are limited to 3 orders per household.

You really can’t go wrong with these coins! You don’t have to pay any tax, and you will receive FREE Standard Shipping by choosing the lettermail shipping option.

This will be a great way to remember Canada kicking butt in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics!

Order your $1 Circulation 5-Pack – Lucky Loonie Olympic 2014 Coins from Royal Canadian Mint for only $5 here.

Canada Post have announced the first communities that will switch from door to door delivery to community boxes, will your street be changing in 2014?

Customers with door-to-door delivery will be converted to community mailboxes in 2014 in areas with postal codes that begin with:

• Calgary: T2B, T3J
• Fort McMurray: T9H, T9J, T9K
• Winnipeg: R2P, R2V
• Oakville: L6H, L6J, L6K, L6L, L6M
• Ottawa: K2K, K2L, K2M
• Rosemère: J7A
• Lorraine: J6Z
• Bois-des-filion: J6Z
• Charlemagne: J5Z
• Repentigny: J5Y, J6A, J5Z
• Halifax: B4A, B4B, B4C, B4E, B4G

They seem to be spread out across the country to allow each province a case study to show how it works.  More information can be found here.

Some of you will remember LikeNet.ca when it was around in 2012 then closed down suddenly leaving many people owed money (those who did not have the minimum threshold to cash out when they changed it to a higher threshold without notice).

They claim that they will restore our balances and have new ways to earn, but will you trust them again?  Will you use them just to get to the cashout threshold to get what you were previously owed?

They promise to have more way to earn and exclusive deals but personally I think opening it to the USA means we will get less opportunities (not to mention the fact that they couldn’t handle a relatively small Canadian market before).

If you were not aware of LikeNet when they were around before, you can read more about them here.

Tim Hortons Roll Up The Rim for 2014 is back today, Monday, February 17, 2014 🙂 Tim Hortons will use the contest to celebrate their 50th anniversary. For the first time, Tim Hortons Canada is offering their customers two chances to roll up the rim on each cup with 2 chances to win hot prizes! Two rolls on every cup: each cup will have a yellow arrow pointing to the usual spot to roll up the rim plus a blue arrow pointing to another spot on the cup where there’s an additional chance to win.

There are more than $57 million in prizes with 50 cars for 50 years anniversary to be won from Tim Hortons 🙂

In-Restaurant Prizes:

• 50 Toyota Corolla Sport Cars. All are new 2014 Toyota Corolla S
• 40 $5,000 Visa Prepaid Card. Use it securely anywhere. Visa is accepted in-store and online. No fees to activate
• 25,000 $100 Tim Cards. Convenient and reloadable. It’s the easy way to pay.
• Millions of Food Prizes available to be won, win a coffee or latte Or win a donut. Also,  You can substitute your winning Coffee or Latte tab for any size hot beverage. And, you can substitute your winning Donut tab for any one cookie, muffin or donut. Odds of winning a food prize are 1 in 6. No purchase necessary.

 Online RRRoll Up Roulette Contest Prizes: 

• There are 2 Toyota Corolla Cars prizes available, that will be randomly seeded over the Regular Contest Period.
• There are 560 $25.00 Tim Card prizes available, 20available per-day.
• There are 28 Gourmet Grill prizes available, 1 available per-day.
• There are 28 FREE coffee for a year prizes available, 1 available per-day.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Game ends on April 25, 2014 or while contest cup supplies last. All prize claims must be redeemed by May 18, 2014.

Click here for more Tim Hortons Roll Up The Rim details. Good luck! Enjoy 🙂

Woohoo! Tim Hortons Roll up the rim to win starts soon! Tim Hortons Canada Roll Up The Rim Contest Begins this MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2014!

Prizes in 2013 included 100 pre-paid MasterCards loaded with $5,000 each, 40 Toyota RAV4s, 1,000 Napoleon grills, 25,000 Tims gift cards worth $100 each, and 47 million food and beverage prizes!

Remember not to litter and throw your cup out in the garbage 😉

Click here for Tim Hortons Roll up the rim details. Enjoy 🙂

Think back to last year, February 14th… night mare trying to find a dozen roses, right?

This year for Valentine’s Day, make it a little easier on yourself while letting your lady friend think that you were being extra thoughtful 😉 This is simple for you – on your way home from work on February 13th, buy your wife/girlfriend/loved one a bouquet of roses from your store of choice. There are a few simple steps to impressing her with these roses, please do not just leave them in your car or garage!

1. Buy your roses.
2. When you get them home (without your loved one seeing) cut the stems on an angle while running them under luke warm water.
3. Trim the lower stem greens and leaves.
4. Add half the pack of powder of “Rose Food” that should come with them in luke warm water in a vase.
5. Add the flowers but be sure to keep them in an inconspicuous area so the misses does not spot them!
6. In the morning before she wakes up, place them on the kitchen table or on the bed side so she gets to wake up to them!

This is a definite win-win situation for the both of you. You benefit by not having the hassle of the Valentine’s Day nightmare of buying roses on the actual Holiday, and you also benefit by making your wife happy when she wakes up to the beautiful roses. A happy wife, a happy life, right?

What do you expect to pay for roses? I guess that all depends if you want to go all out on roses or also spend on dinner as well.

There are a few different tiers of Rose quality and prices:

• Convenience store quality around $14.99 for a dozen roses.
• Sobeys/RCSS/Local Flower Shop around $24.99-$24.99 for a dozen roses.
• Local Premium Flower Shops around $60.00-$80.00 for a dozen roses.

Costco also sells 2 dozen roses for $25.00 but they die rapidly and are small convenience store quality roses.

Also to spruce things up, grab a little package of Rose petals! I got a package from La Vie en Rose Store for simple decoration last year for $10.00 and they smell and feel like real rose petals but they are re-usable 🙂

Happy Valentines Day!

Wow! According to the Globe and Mail, Hudson’s Bay Company has agreed to sell their Flagship Queen Street store located in downtown Toronto as well as their adjacent office tower for a total of $650-million. There are plans to open the first Saks store at the site.

HBC announced this news this morning about selling the adjacent properties to Cadillac Fairview Corporation and launching their first Saks store at this location. This kind of shoots down their previous plans to open their first Saks store at Yonge and Bloor street in Toronto where it was supposed to replace the Hudson’s Bay Outlet.

HBC will be leasing the entire retail and office complex back for 25 years with a renewal option of just under 50 years. Apparently HBC has decided to do this to reduce the company’s debt and invest in growth initiatives as well as keep as many people employed as they can.

Cadillac also plans to upgrade the bridge that connects the Hudson’s Bay store to the Eaton Centre. They also plan to have new upscale ‘food halls’ in the Saks stores in Eaton Centre and the other one negotiated for Sherway Gardens.

The Saks at Queen Street is planned to open fall of 2015 and the Saks at Sherway is planned to open in spring of 2016.

Click here to read the Globe and Mail article!

As we track Playstaton 4 availability across Canada we hope you’ve been able to grab one if you’ve been trying! This time round EB Games Canada has Playstation 4 in-stock online. They have the Super Bundle that comes with 2 games: Call of Duty: Ghosts and Fifa 14. The Playstation 4 Super Bundle price is $579.96.

Click here for Playstation 4  Super Bundle at EB Games

Great News! Nordstrom is finally coming to Toronto and it’ll replace Sears at the Eaton Centre in Toronto. Nordstorm is an American upscale fashion retailer.  The company began as a shoe retailer, and has since expanded their inventory to include clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, and fragrances. Select Nordstrom stores also have wedding and home furnishing departments. The new Nordstrom store will be the company’s fifth in its foray into Canada. Stores in Calgary, Ottawa, and Vancouver are also in the pipes.

Sears has been a part of the Eaton Centre since 1999 when Eaton’s, the department store empire that built the mall, filed for bankruptcy.

Nordstrom will begin construction of the three-level store in March and expects the outlet will open in the fall of 2016.

Happy New Year from Smart Canucks! To help keep you safe this New Year’s Eve, we have prepared a list of the FREE transit services! Arrive alive, don’t drink and drive! You can ride the train, subway, bus or streetcar free of fare New Year’s Eve and early New Year’s Day.

These transit agencies either offer later services and/or FREE fare for their passengers:

TTC Toronto Transit Commission:

On New Year’s eve (Today) The TTC willoffer free, extended service from 7:00PM on December 31st through to 7:00AM on January 1st 2014. Check the TTC schedules here.

Tuesday, December 31 – New Year’s Eve

• Most routes with Monday-Friday late evening service will continue until 4 a.m., with the Blue Night Network operating from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m.
• Last trains on the Yonge-University-Spadina line will leave Union Station at 3:30 a.m. for Finch Station and 3:34 a.m. for Downsview Station.
• Last trains on the Bloor-Danforth line will leave Bloor-Yonge Station at 3:37 a.m. for Kipling Station and at 3:37 a.m. for Kennedy Station.
• Last train on the Scarborough RT line will leave Kennedy Station at 4:07 a.m. for McCowan Station.
• Last train on the Sheppard line will leave Sheppard-Yonge Station at 3:58 a.m. for Don Mills Station.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014 – New Year’s Day:

• Sunday service.
• Subway starts at 9 a.m.

Greater Toronto Area GO Transit:

Go Transit is accommodating New Year’s Eve festivities, including late-night homebound trips. Go Service will be FREE after 8:00PM Today (December 31st) until regular service begins on January 1st.

Lakeshore West GO line

• Two special train trips from Union Station at 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 will make all stops to Aldershot GO
• Bus trips from Union at 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. will be replaced by the special trains
• Bus connections with the special trains will be available at Aldershot GO
• Two additional Toronto-bound train trips from Aldershot GO at 12:04 a.m. and 1:04 will make all stops to Union Station

Milton GO line

• Special Toronto-bound train trips from Milton GO at 8:10 p.m. and 9:10 will make all stops to Union Station
• Special bus trips from Square One to Cooksville GO to connect with special trains
• Special homebound train trips from Union at 1:20 a.m. and 2:30 will make all stops to Milton GO
• Some trips on GO Bus routes 21 may experience new and adjusted service; some trips will not operate

Kitchener GO line

• Special Toronto-bound train trip from Mount Pleasant GO at 8:00 p.m. will make all stops to Union Station
• Special Toronto-bound train trip from Georgetown GO at 8:51 will make all stops to Union Station
• Special homebound train trips from Union at 1:30 a.m. and 2:30
• GO Bus routes 31, 34, 36, 38 may experience new and adjusted service; some trips will not operate

Barrie GO line

• Special Toronto-bound train trips from Allandale Waterfront GO at 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 will make all stops to Union Station
• Special homebound train trips from Union at 1:25 a.m. and 2:25 will make all stops to Allandale Waterfront GO
• GO Bus routes 63 and 65 may experience new and adjusted service; some trips will not operate

Richmond Hill GO line

• Regular bus service departs Union Station hourly between 8:40 p.m. to 2:40 a.m.

Stouffville GO line

• Special Toronto-bound trip from Lincolnville GO at 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 will make all stops to Union Station
• Special homebound trip from Union at 1:40 a.m. and 2:40 will make all stops to Lincolnville GO
• GO Bus route 71 may experience new and adjusted service; some trips will not operate

Lakeshore East GO line

• Special homebound train trips from Union at 1:20 a.m., and 2:00 will make all stops to Oshawa GO
• GO Bus route 88, 90 and 91 may experience new and adjusted service; some trips will not operate
• Special Toronto-bound train from Oshawa at 12:38 a.m. will make all stops to Union Station

Mississauga MiWay Ontario

Leave your car at home and travel safe if drinking via Mississauga MiWay Transit.

MiWay’s Service Details:
New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2013 – 7 p.m. to 12 a.m.
New Year’s Day, January 1, 2014 – 12 a.m. to 4 a.m.

For those travelling after midnight, service hours will be extended on routes that depart from local malls, GO Stations and from the Islington Subway Station. Extended evening service details are available at miway.ca/holidayservice

LTC London Transit Commission Ontario

Please remember that buses run on a special holiday schedule on December 31st, 2013. On New Year’s Eve, ride the bus on us! Bus rides will be complimentary on London Transit and specialized services between 8PM and 1AM on December 31st. Click here for more information.

Translink Metro Vancouver:

Free fares start today (December 31st) at 5:00PM and go until 5:00AM January 1st 2014.

• Bus services will run their usual weekday schedules with some routes running additional evening trips after their regular schedule. Read this New Year’s Eve Bus Schedule Adjustments service sheet.
• Skytrain will run usual weekday schedules with more frequent evening trains and will extend their services by about an hour.
• Seabus will operate a normal weekday schedule by about an hour.
• West Coast Express afternoon trains schedule.

Winnipeg Transit:

During the Holidays, take a free ride on New Year’s Eve starting at 8:00PM. Winnipeg Transit will operate regular services with the exception of New Years Day. On New Year’s Day Winnipeg will operate a Sunday schedule. On New Year’s Eve they will operate a regular weekday schedule.

OC Transpo (Ottawa, Cantley, Chelsea, Gatineau, Val-des-Monts)

OC Transpo wants to be the safe way to go during the holidays.Their Services will be FREE after 8:00PM courtesy of Mothers Against Drunk Driving Ottawa Chapter. A reduced Holiday service will be running, so check your schedule here before heading out. 

GRT Grand River Transit

Grand River Transit offers Free Rides three or four times every year. This year they have included New Year’s Eve in their FREE Rides offer. Click here to access the EasyGo trip planner.

STL Societe De Transport De Laval Quebec

On December 31st STL is offering free rides on all their buses. They encourage donations but it is not a requirement to board the bus. On New Year’s Eve (today) their schedule will be running as a Saturday Service. Here is their service schedule.

Edmonton Alberta Transit System (ETS)

ETS is offering FREE New Year’s Eve service from 6:00PM on December 31st through to 3:30AM on January 1st 2014. Here is the holiday transit service schedule for ETS.

BC Transit British Columbia

From small towns to large urban centres, BC transit connects all of British Columbia. Celebrate the New Year with FREE fare from BC Transit after 6:00PM. Check the BC Transit holiday schedules here.

Regina Saskatchewan Transit Services

New Year’s Eve – December 31, 2013

• Free bus service from 7 p.m. – 2:15 a.m

New Year’s Day – January 1

• No bus service. Transit Information Centre and RideLine closed.

Check out TransitLive.com now to get schedule info.

Halifax Metro Transit Nova Scotia

Starting at 6 p.m. on December 31st, all Metro Transit bus, ferry and Access-A-Bus service will be free to the public.  Also, some of Metro Transit’s most popular routes and the harbour ferry service will extend their hours so that you get home safe and sound after ringing in 2014.

This year’s free bus and ferry service is offered in support of MADD Canada.  On December 31st, volunteers from MADD Canada will be stationed at various points to collect donations and hand out red ribbons.  Please bring a donation or contribute online at MADD’s Halifax Region Chapter. 

New Year’s Eve service will include:

Bus & Access-A-Bus:
6:00 p.m. – 2 a.m. (check schedules for last trip times)

Alderney Ferry:
6:00 p.m. – 1:45 a.m. (last departure from Halifax)

Click below for schedules:

• New Year’s Eve Extended Bus and Ferry Schedules
• Regular Weekday Bus and Ferry Schedules
• Bus Detours During Grand Parade Fireworks

And remember folks, be safe and don’t drink and drive. Happy New Year 🙂

Didn’t get much shopping done over the weekend due to the ice storm? You are not alone and many stores are announcing extended hours today and tomorrow to help shoppers get those last minute items.

• Select Target stores open til midnight
• Select Sears stores open til midnight today and from 6am tomorrow (click here to see a list of excluded stores)
• Some malls open early tomorrow

I am sure many more will follow, so check with your local malls and stores for extended hours (if they have power back, I know some are still closed).