Surprise! Fall has come early and for those of us who can’t wait to cozy up with a big wool blanket next to a warm fire, you’ll be pleased to hear that the iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks Canada will be making its big return today September 1st 2017.

The news was announced on Starbucks’ Facebook page and Twitter in the last couple days and the announcement has already quite the reaction on various social media feeds.

Are you excited for the early arrival of Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latter or do you think it’s too early to be hauling out the pumpkin flavoured goodies?

Garnier Canada FREE Samples available now while supplies last.

Click here to get your Garnier FREE Samples.

Toys R Us Canada has FREE Family Events in September. The Toys R Us August 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.

Friday, September 1, 2017 12:00 a.m. (local time) opening: Star Wars Force Friday II – Midnight Opening 

• Five locations across the country will give fans their first opportunity to shop the brand-new toys from Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Limited stock available. Purchase limits apply on select product. While quantities last.
• The first 100 Force Friday II attendees will also receive a FREE Funko POP! Star Wars T-shirt AND a FREE collectible Star Wars poster (while supplies last).
  • Langley, BC – 19705 Fraser Highway
  • Calgary, AB – 10450 Macleod Trail SE
  • Edmonton, AB – 3940 Gateway Blvd
  • Etobicoke, ON – 690 Evans Avenue
  • Whitby, ON – 50 Thickson Road South

Friday, September 1, 2017, Available at all Toys“R”Us Stores,  Star Wars: Find the Force Augmented Reality Experience! 

• Fans will not want to miss the debut of the Star Wars: Find the Force Augmented Reality content! Using the free Star Wars app on their smartphones in store, fans can access five NEW AR characters EACH DAY from Sept. 1-3! It’s a GREAT time to be a Star Wars fan, and the celebration starts at Toys“R”Us, your Gateway to the Galaxy!

Sunday, September 10, 2017 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. The Grand Event Play Day, Available at all Toys”R”Us locations:

• On Sunday, September 10, we’re inviting all the grand spoilers, the grand teachers, the grand babysitters, and the grand storytellers to our Grand Event.
• Bring your kids and grandkid(s) to The Grand Event Play Day and take part in all the FUN & FREE activities in-store!
  •  Build and take home a Mega Bloks Animal
  • Get inspired with Disney Princess Dream It, Be It
  • Test your skills in our Nerf target practice
  • Part-take in the Peppa Pig’s Day out with Grand-parents colouring activity
• Peppa Pig Character Appearances, PLUS Don’t miss a special Peppa Pig Meet and Greet at two of “R” locations!
  • Burlington, ON – 3051 Appleby Line, Time: 10am – Noon
  • Oakville, ON – Oakville 290 North Service Rd. W. Time: 2pm – 4pm
• Grandparents can take advantage of additional savings in-store!
  • SAVE 10% when you present a photo of you and your grandkid(s)
  • SAVE 15% when you also sign up for R Club

Child must be present to participate. Parental supervision required at all times. Event activities may vary by store and are subject to change. While supplies last. Limit one per customer.

Click here to view the Toys R Us flyer.

Click here to get more information on this event.

Toronto’s Air Canada Centre (ACC) will be renamed Scotiabank Arena in July of next year! This comes under a 20 year agreement worth a reported $800 million. Neither party would confirm the dollar figure, but Scotiabank did describe it as one of the three richest deals in pro sports, even after adjusting for the exchange rate. When Air Canada signed on as the building’s title sponsor in 1999, it pledged $4 million a year. Prior to the ACC, the Leafs had called Maple Leaf Gardens home since 1931.

The Scotiabank logo will replace that of Air Canada atop the Bay Street building as well as under the jumbo scoreboard inside.

How do you feel about the ACC being renamed?

Cineplex Canada has released their new schedule for September, 2017. Here’s a list of the upcoming weekly movies line-up at Cineplex Family Favourites for only $2.99:

September 2017:

• Saturday September 2, 2017: Power Rangers
• Saturday September 9, 2017: Smurfs: The Lost Village
• Saturday September 16, 2017: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
• Saturday September 23, 2017: The Princess Bride
• Saturday September 30, 2017: Boss Baby

Click here to view a list of participating Cineplex movie theatres locations

Have you checked out the sale section in the online Starbucks store recently?  They recently added lots of products at up to 50% off.  A sale like that would usually be heavily advertised which lead to people contacting Starbucks for details only to find that as of October 1st, they will no longer sell online.  So if you stock up on their adorable mugs, or buy coffee beans and syrups online, stock up while you can.

The news comes not long after their decision to close all Teavana stores in Canada and the US which means we may see more cuts in the future as Starbucks restructures.  Comments from Starbucks say that they will still have products available in grocery stores and other retail partners.  While in the US this means Amazon, less choice for Canadians.  They have also said that they are concentrating on in-person customer experience and mobile technology.

Check out the sale selection at Starbucks here.

Amazon spent its first day as the owner of a brick-and-mortar grocery chain cutting prices at Whole Foods Market as much as 43 percent. The price cuts will extend to stores in Canada, according to Whole Foods Market.

The tech giant’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods has sent shock waves through the already changing $800 billion supermarket industry. This connection promises to upend the way customers shop for groceries. Cutting prices at the chain with such an entrenched reputation for high cost is a sign that Amazon is serious about taking on competitors such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Kroger Co. and Costco Wholesale Corp.

Amazon said it will start selling Whole Foods brand products on its website, a move that sent down shares of packaged food sellers including Kellogg Co. Amazon also said members of its $99-per-year Prime shopping club would eventually be rolled intoWhole Foods‘ customer rewards program and be eligible for special offers and discounts.

Click here for more information on this news.

Cineplex Canada has Community Day on Saturday, October 14, 2017! The Cineplex Canada Community Day event includes: FREE Movies Saturday, October 14, 2017

Plus: Enjoy incredible savings on Popcorn, Drinks & Candy, and a special SCENE point offer!

SmartCanucks will update you with the Cineplex complete list of participating theatres and movie showtimes.

Click here to get more information about this promotion

Costco Canada has NOT released a new weekly instant discount handouts for this week! The new Weekly Instant Handouts Coupons/Flyers  will be available on September 5, 2017. SmartCanucks will update you with any new news.

Visit your local warehouse for Treasure hunt savings.

For those of you who were left hanging in the season 7 finale of the tongue-in-cheek animated spy sitcom, Archer, you’ll be relieved to hear that season 8 will begin streaming on Netflix Canada this September (the first to be exact).

Archer is just one among many titles that will be getting their season reboot on Netflix this fall, along with a number of Netflix originals (both TV series and movies) that will be premiering over the next few weeks. We’ve rounded up the full list of what you’ll be able to stream this September, and like always, we are providing asterisks (*) for the movies/TV series that have an 80% or higher ranking on Rotten Tomatoes.

September 1-6

• Archer (season 8)*
• Assassin’s Creed
• Black Sea*
• Chelsea (season 2)
• FINAL FANTASY XIV Dad of Light (season 1)
• Hidden Figures*
• LEGO Elves: Secrets of Elvendale, Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Little Evil (Netflix Original)
• Narcos, Season 3 (Netflix Original)*
• Resurface (Netflix Original)
• Say Anything…*
• Silence*
• Stretch*
• The B-Side*
• The Ice Storm*
• The Last Shaman
• The Lost Brother
• The Squid and the Whale*
• The Wiggles, Season 1
• Timeless, Season 1
• Who the F*** is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago
• Why Him?
• Marc Maron: Too Real (Netflix Original)
• Newsies: The Broadway Musical*
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
• A Good American*

September 8-14

• #REALITYHIGH (Netflix Original)
• BoJack Horseman, Season 4 (Netflix Original)*
• Fabrizio Copano: Solo Pienso En Mi (Netflix Original)
• Fire Chasers, Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Greenhouse Academy, Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Joaquín Reyes: Una y no más (Netflix Original)
• Spirit: Riding Free, Season 2 (Netflix Original)
• The Confession Tapes, Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• The Space Between Us
• The Walking Dead, Season 7*
• Nashville, Season 5*
• Son of Zorn, Season 1
• Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster (Netflix Original)
• The Little Rascals

September 15-19

• American Vandal, Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Dragons’ Den (UK) Season 13
• First They Killed My Father (Netflix Original)
• Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
• George Harrison: Living in the Material World*
• Project Mc², Part 5 (Netflix Original)
• Strong Island (Netflix Original)
• Time: The Kalief Browder Story, Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• VeggieTales in the City, Season 2 (Netflix Original)
• Trash
• Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (2017)
• Jerry Before Seinfeld (Netflix Original)

September 20-30

• Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love and Dance*
• Scream Queens, Season 2
• This is Us, Season 1*
• Wentworth, Season 5
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s*
• Lethal Weapon, Season 1
• The Deer Hunter*
• The Good Place, Season 1*
• 6 Days (Netflix Original)
• Fuller House, New Episodes (Netflix Original)
• Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father, Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Monster Trucks
• The Exorcist, Season 1
• Planet Earth II*
• Terrace House: Aloha State, Part 4 (Netflix Original)
• Hotel Transylvania 2
• Lee Daniels’ Star, Season 2
• The Other Guys
• Grey’s Anatomy, Season 13
• The Expendables 3
• There Will Be Blood*
• Big Mouth, Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Club de Cuervos, Season 3 (Netflix Original)*
• Gerald’s Game (Netflix Original)
• Our Souls at Night (Netflix Original)
• Paul Hollywood’s Big Continental Road Trip, Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Real Rob, Season 2 (Netflix Original)
• The Magic School Bus Rides Again, Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Rings
• Southpaw
• The Devil’s Candy*
• xXx: The Return of Xander Cage

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

• Today, Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 11am the film Pup Star 2 Encore, Comedy, Family, Musical, is the Family Favourites for $2.99 (1h 30m).

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

September 2017:

• Saturday September 2, 2017: Power Rangers
• Saturday September 9, 2017: Smurfs: The Lost Village
• Saturday September 16, 2017: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
• Saturday September 23, 2017: The Princess Bride
• Saturday September 30, 2017: Boss Baby

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

Click here to get tickets from Cineplex online

Cineplex Canada has an awesome 30 Days of Summer Event! This week, the Cineplex promotion includes: Tuesday prices everyday! See any movie at ant theatre on any day for Tuesday pricing!

The Cineplex promotion is valid from Friday, August 25, 2017 until  Thursday, August 31, 2017. You’ll pay Tuesday price only 🙂 Enjoy!

Click here to find Cineplex Canada near you.

It was decided on Monday by a California jury that Johnson & Johnson, the multinational corporation valued to be worth at least $65 billion, will have to pay $417 million to a US woman who claims that the company’s talc-based products (namely, the Johnson’s Baby Powder) caused her to develop ovarian cancer.

The woman, Eva Echeverria, is one of 4,800 people who have brought similar allegations against the company’s baby powder product for feminine hygiene, though her lawsuit is by far the largest so far. In total, she will receive $70 million in compensatory damages and $347 in punitive damages.

The Los Angeles Superior court ruled in Echeverria’s favour with the allegation that J&J did not do an adequate job in warning customers about the potential risks involved using their talc-based products.

J&J is going ahead with appealing the verdict and said in a statement from a representative for J&J that:

“We will appeal today’s verdict because we are guided by the science, which supports the safety of Johnson’s Baby Powder. In April, the National Cancer Institute’s Physician Data Query Editorial Board wrote, ‘The weight of evidence does not support an association between perineal talc exposure and an increased risk of ovarian cancer.’ We are preparing for additional trials in the US and we will continue to defend the safety of Johnson’s Baby Powder”

This is the largest of the verdicts to be reached with second largest totalling to $110 million. And there have already been five trials leading up to the Californian one, all of which have taken place in Missouri state court.

There are still hundreds of California talc-based cases against J&J that have yet to go to trial, but this most recent case will set a harrowing precedent for the New Jersey based company.

Click here to learn more about the Johnson & Johnson baby powder lawsuit.

IKEA Canada has some great sales in each store every Wednesday, also known as Wacky Wednesday! The following list includes the IKEA Canada Wacky Wednesday deals and sales that will be valid on Wednesday August 23, 2017.

Check out the list below before you visit your local IKEA store to take advantage of the savings! If your location has yet to be announced, stay tuned for more details!  It’s a 1-day only sale and limited to the stock available.

IKEA Boucherville :

• Ikea Family
• Now or Never
• New Lower Price

Pampers Canada has a new promo code for FREE rewards points available for a limited time!

• Use the promo code KRAZYCOUPONLADY to claim your 25 FREE rewards points.
• Use the promo code XSURVEY20PT2017 to claim your 20FREE rewards points.

Note that you do NOT need to have babies or children to participate in this program and everyone is eligible to join the Pampers Canada rewards program.

Click here to redeem your Pampers Canada rewards