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Tim Hortons Canada Launches Dutchie Donuts, Maple Timbits & More to Celebrate Canada 150


Oh Canada, we love you! In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, Tim Hortons is launching these Canadian-themed treats just in time for the celebration! Choose from Dutchie donut, maple Timbits, Nanaimo bar donut, and white & red velvet muffin… Yummy!

Get your hands on one before they’re gone!

Click here to find a Tim Hortons near you.


Food Recall Warning: iögo yogurt Products Recalled Due to the Potential Presence of Pieces of Plastic


Ultima Foods is recalling iögo yogurt products from the marketplace due to the potential presence of pieces of plastic. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

What you should do

Check to see if you have recalled product in your home. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.

There have been no reported injuries associated with the consumption of these products.

Click here to read more information about this recall.


Food Recall Warning: Rogers Foods Ltd. Recalled Rogers Brand All Purpose Flour Due to Possible E. coli O121 Contamination


Rogers Foods Ltd. is recalling Rogers brand All Purpose flour from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O121 contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.

What you should do
Check to see if you have recalled products in your home. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.

If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, call your doctor.

It is not safe to taste or eat raw dough or batter regardless of the type of flour used, as raw flour can be contaminated with harmful bacteria such as E. coli O121. Food contaminated with E. coli O121 may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, mild to severe abdominal cramps and watery to bloody diarrhea. In severe cases of illness, some people may have seizures or strokes, need blood transfusions and kidney dialysis or live with permanent kidney damage. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

There have been reported illnesses that may be associated with the consumption of this product. Further lab testing is underway to confirm the link.

Click here to read more information about this recall.


The Source Canada Contests: Win Samsung 40″ 4K UHD Smart TV


The Source Canada has a new contest available now! The Source Canada Contest includes: Win Samsung 40″ 4K UHD Smart TV. The contest is single entry, open to the residents of Canada, and reached the age of majority in their province/territory.

The contest will take place in all Canadian provinces from today Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. ET until Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Click here to read the contest rules and enter the contest.


Apple Canada Deals: 2TB iCloud Storage 50% Off Regular Price, 1TB Option FREE Upgrade


Amongst all the other announcements that Apple Canada made the other day, there were some exciting rumblings about iCloud storage that have, on our part at least, been greatly over looked. Apple announced that they would be removing the 1TB option from the iCloud Storage plan, and instead replacing it with just the 2TB plan.

The catch to all of this is that the 1TB plan used to cost $12.99 while the 2TB plan cost double that at $25.99. Now that the 1TB plan is gone, the 2TB plan is being slashed in half and will only cost $12.99/month. Plus, all customers who purchased the 1TB plan before June 5, 2017 will be automatically bumped up to the 2TB plan for the same cost.

This news comes on the tail winds of Apple’s announcement that they will be releasing iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra this fall, and according to TechCrunch the 2TB and 200GB storage options will soon be able to be split between families as soon as these other updates are made.

Click here to learn more about iCloud Storage from Apple.


Apple Announces Dozens New Products and Updates at Worldwide Developers Conference


At the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple had a busy day filled with a number of announcements teasing the audience about all the new products and updates they will be adding to their ever growing lineup of tech products.

Two of the bigger announcements that Apple made at the conference included the sharing of details about the upcoming pro-oriented “iMac Pro” and the “HomePod”. The iMac Pro is said by the company to be the most powerful Mac ever created, which isn’t surprising considering some of its specs, like the 27-inch Retina 5K display, the 18-core Xeon processors or the 22 Teraflops of graphics computation.

The Homepod is designed to be in direct competition with Amazon’s Echo, and will provide similar services like the ones a Siri-powered speaker performs on your phone – but instead it’ll be in your home.

The full list of products that have so far been announced at the WWDC include:

Updates:

New Products:

Click here to watch highlights from Apple’s announcements at the WWDC.


Wendy’s Canada Offers: NEW Strawberry Mango Chicken Salad, Limited Time Offer


Wendy’s Canada is offering up some fresh new options for their summertime menu, and this option is one that even those of you who aren’t fans of fast food might get excited for. For a limited time, Wendy’s Canada is bringing out a new salad to their lineup, and this one will include mango, chicken and strawberries all mixed in with a warm honey vinaigrette dressing. The salad will come in a full or half size, and a full size salad will have 450 calories, while the half size will have 260.

Wendy’s offers a number of fresh salads that would be worth checking out for the summer months.

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


CFIA Food Recall Warning: Great Value Food & No Name Brands of Pie and Tart Shells Recalled Due to Possible E. coli O121 Contamination


Harlan Bakeries – Edmonton is recalling various brands of pie and tart shells due to possible E. coli O121 contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

What you should do

Check to see if you have recalled products in your home. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.

If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, call your doctor.

It is not safe to taste or eat raw dough or batter regardless of the type of flour used, as raw flour can be contaminated with harmful bacteria such as E. coli O121. Food contaminated with E. coli O121 may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, mild to severe abdominal cramps and watery to bloody diarrhea. In severe cases of illness, some people may have seizures or strokes, need blood transfusions and kidney dialysis or live with permanent kidney damage. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

Click here to read more information about this recall.


Toys R Us Canada has FREE Family Events: Summer Kick-Off Play Day, Today June 3


Toys R Us Canada has FREE Family Events in June. The Toys R Us June Family Events include fun make & Takes, product demos, giveaways and more.

Visit your local Toys“R”Us store to take part in the exciting promotions and activities your kids will love. All events are offered In-store only. While quantities last. Giveaways and make and takes are limit to one per child. Events recommended for children ages 4 years and up.

Today, Saturday, June 3, 2017 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm: Summer Kick-Off Play Day:

  • Transformers Challenge
  • Despicable Me 3 (MEGA Construx)!
  • Ben 10
  • Nerf Nitro
  • Hatchimals
  • Twozies and Dragon Club Giveaways!
  • Hasbro Flip Challenge

Also, from Thursday, June 1st to Thursday, June 8th, 2017,

  • FREE Shimmer and Shine Bracelet when you spend $20 or more (before taxes) on any Shimmer & Shine products.

Click here to view the Toys R Us flyer.

Click here to get more information on this event.


Cineplex Canada Family Favourites Movies Promotions: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children For $2.99/Ticket, Today, Saturday, June 3 at 11AM!


Cineplex Canada has released their new schedule. The Cineplex Canada Family Favourites Movies include:

  • Today, Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 11am the film Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, Adventure, Fantasy, is the Family Favourites for $2.99 (2h 07m).

Here’s the upcoming movie every Saturday morning at 11am for Cineplex Family Favourites at $2.99 each:

June 2017:

  • Saturday, June 10, 2017: A Dog’s Purpose
  • Saturday, June 17, 2017: Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
  • Saturday, June 24, 2017: The Muppet Movie

Click here to see a list of Cineplex participates in the Family Favourites event.

Click here to get tickets from Cineplex online


Google’s Android Pay Comes to Canada


You may be familiar with Apple Pay, but one of Apple’s biggest competitors, that is Google’s Android, is now launching Android Pay to its Canadian customers.

Android Pay works the same way as Apple Pay, in that it uses a secure tokenized system that syncs your Visa or MasterCard credit card or debit card with Android Pay so that you can pay for things with the ‘tap’ of your phone. This will work on terminals that advertise having the Near Field Communication supported technology, and it will keep your credit card and debit card numbers protected from the merchants, as all they will see, says Google, is the total price of your purchase and the specific financial institution you will be paying with.

The financial institutions covered with this new technology for us Canadians will be:

  • Canadian MasterCard and Visa cards
  • Interac debit cards:
    • Bank of Montreal
    • CIBC
    • Banque Nationale
    • Scotiabank
    • Desjardins
    • President’s Choice Financial
    • ATB Financial
    • and Canadian Tire Financial Services

The biggest difference between Apple Pay and Android’s version is that instead of the encrypted financial and tokenized information being stored on a separate chip, as it is in Apple’s permutation, Google will store your information on the cloud. Google takes security very seriously and wants to assure anyone who is having doubts about having this information stored on the cloud that in Google they can trust, said Pali Bhat, the vice president of product payments at Google.

Click here to learn more about the release of Android Pay in Canada.


What’s Coming To Netflix in Canada this June


Apart from our favourite inmates at Litchfield making a return on June 9, there are a number of other much anticipated releases coming to Netflix Canada this month. Movies that I’m most excited about (*cough 13 Going on 30) may not be classically defined as “good film”, but that’s the whole fun of Netflix. Popping on your guilty pleasures with a fresh popped bag of popcorn and just ‘chilling’ until that not so friendly pop-up pauses your streaming and asks, with a hint of judgement, “are you still watching?”

Here’s a list of shows and movies that you can get lost in over the month of June:

June 1

  • 13 Going on 30
  • Amelia – A Tale of Two Sisters
  • The Birth of a Nation
  • Catfight
  • Fatal Attraction
  • Homeland (season 5)
  • Jackie – A Tale of Two Sisters
  • Kardashian: The Man Who Saved O.J. Simpson
  • Kate and Mim-Mim (season 2)
  • Little Boxes
  • London Town
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
  • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
  • The Mitfords – A Tale of Two Sisters
  • Morgan
  • Ride
  • Smokin’ Aces
  • Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
  • West Coast Customs (season 3)
  • You’re Not You

June 2-5

  • Chelsea (season 2)
  • Flaked (season 2)
  • Lucid Dream
  • Saving Banksy
  • Blue Gold: American Jeans
  • War on Everyone
  • Wild Horses
  • TURN: Washington’s Spies (season 3)
  • The Eyes of My Mother

June 6-9

  • Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments (season 2, part B; new episodes weekly)
  • The Edge of Seventeen
  • iZombie (season 3, new episodes weekly)
  • The Water Diviner
  • Born on the Fourth of July
  • Knocked Up
  • Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
  • My Only Love Song (season 1)
  • Orange Is the New Black (season 5)
  • Shimmer Lake

June 10-13

  • Havenhurst
  • The Fosters (season 4)
  • The Big Wedding
  • Harry Benson: Shoot First
  • The Crash
  • Oh, Hello on Broadway
  • Vacation

June 14-16

  • American Violence
  • Animal Kingdom (season 1)
  • Deadly Target
  • Quantico (season 2)
  • The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
  • Marco Luque: Tamo Junto
  • Miami Vice
  • Shutter Island
  • A Man Called Ove
  • Counterpunch
  • The Ranch – Part 3
  • World of Winx (season 2)

June 20-23

  • Disney’s Moana
  • Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time
  • Queen of the South (season 1)
  • 20th Century Women
  • Bokeh
  • True Grit
  • Uncle Buck
  • Free Rein (season 1)
  • GLOW (season 1)
  • Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
  • You Get Me

June 27-30

  • Chris D’Elia: Man on Fire
  • We Are Your Friends
  • Okja
  • Pretty Little Liars (season 7)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Between (season 2)
  • Between Us
  • Gypsy (season 1)
  • Little Witch Academia (season 1)
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race (season 8)

IKEA Canada Family Membership Exclusive Sale Of The Month: June 1 – 30


IKEA Canada has new local deals every month, exclusive for family membership holders (which is FREE to get). Visit IKEA Store near you and enjoy this month offers:

IKEA Canada Family Membership Exclusive Sale Of Month is valid from Thursday, June 1, 2017 until Friday, June 30, 2017.

IKEA’s family membership benefits include:

  • A chance to win a $100 IKEA Gift Card every month.
  • Exclusive monthly Restaurant offers.
  • Monthly product offers, as well as every day member prices on the entire IKEA FAMILY product range.
  • 30 additional minutes in Småland Monday to Friday, space permitting.
  • Enjoy offers on unique treats from our Swedish Food Market.
  • An extended 90-Day return policy.

Visit an IKEA store near you and sign up for a FREE IKEA Membership and enjoy exclusive sale items every month and every time you visit.

Click here to find IKEA Canada store near you.


Health Canada Investigates Banana Boat Sunscreen After Reports of Burns


Health Canada is investigating three cases of burns that have been allegedly reported to be caused by the use of Banana Boat sunscreen product. The three reported cases are just the last ones to come in over the past few weeks, though the federal agency said they have received a total of nine complaints about the company’s product.

The agency released a statement saying that:

“To date, Health Canada has received nine adverse reaction reports involving Banana Boat products as suspected products. Four of the reports were for Banana Boat products for kids and three were for Banana Boat Baby. The other two reports were for adult products,” said Renelle Briand, a Health Canada spokesperson.

Health Canada has advised parents to go to the adverse reactions database to fill out a product complaint form should they find that they’re child present any strange symptoms after using Banana Boat product.

There is one case that has yet to be registered with Health Canada’s investigation, and it’s coming from a mother in Quebec who says that her son suffered second-degree burns from the application of one of Banana Boat’s products.

In her Facebook post, Caroline Morneau described how her nine-month-old son developed blisters on his skin after the application of a Banana Boat sunscreen. She alleges that the sunscreen product was at fault and after taking him to his paediatrician she was able to confirm that her child had succumbed to second-degree chemical burns.

Rebecca Cannon, another mother who made a public post on Facebook about her child’s reaction to the sunscreen product, has said that her daughter’s dermatologist confirmed that one-year-old Kayla had incurred second-degree caustic burns – better known as chemical burns.

Banana Boat has come out to say that they acknowledge that there has been some “discussion” about their product, but that they want to assure the public that their product goes through rigorous testing. They posted on their Facebook page asking that if anyone has any issues with their product that they reach out to the company and let them know about their concerns either by email or by phone at 1-888-786-8477.


Ontario Raising Minimum Wage to $15 by January 2019


Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario, made an announcement on Tuesday about raising the minimum wage that has since shook the province with both positive and negative feedback. The Premier said that she plans to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by January 2019. This increase will be phased in over the next 18 months, with the first increase to $14 an hour coming in January 2018 and then the extra dollar an hour would be phased in by the following year.

After this increase, the minimum wage will rise annually according to inflation.

Ontario will be the second province in the country to raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour, with Alberta being the first province to make the jump into the next bracket of minimum wage payment.

This wage increase is part of a larger plan from the Wynne government, all under the umbrella of the legislation called, The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act.

In this act, part-time workers and contract workers will be required to be given a minimum vacation entitlement of three weeks for workers who have been with an employer for five years or more. In addition to this added vacation time, employees would also be entitled to 10 personal emergency days a year, with a minimum of two of those days being paid.

For small businesses, arguably the ones who will be hurt the most by this announcement, this increase in the minimum wage marks a change that could add the average Ontario restaurant an extra $47,000 a year.

Click here to learn more about the Ontario minimum wage raise.

 


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