These are the items you can get free with coupons this week:

• Maxi: Catelli Smart Pasta $1 – $1 (websaver.ca) = FREE
• Maxi: Marc Angelo Pork Souvlaki $1 – $1 (mail out) = FREE
• No Frills: Christie Crackers $1.47 – $1.50 magazine coupon = $+0.03
• No Frills: Colgate Manual Toothbrushes $1 – $1 Checkout 51 Rebate = FREE
• Save on Foods: Chapmans Frozen yogurt $4.99 – $5 = FREE
• Shoppers Drug Mart: SDM: Colgate Extra Clean Toothbrush $1.00 $1 Checkout 51 Rebate = FREE (ends March 22 – today)

Try your luck – some stores are advertising Colgate Toothbrushes for under $2, if they include the 360 toothbrush, use your $1 insert coupon (or $1.50 from dentist) for overage, or if you do not have Checkout 51

For details on items you can get for less than $1 with coupons, check out this thread

Canadian Tire has an awesome special buy. Get 2-pk chrome stools for only $59.99 and save 60%. This Canadian Tire offer is valid from Friday, March 22 until Thursday, March 28, 2013. This offer is available until quantities last and no rainchecks. If bought separately, Canadian Tire combined regular price would be $159.98.

Click here to get this Canadian Tire special buy.

Oddduck has done another great job of the best deals on baby food, diapers and other baby related items this week

Click here to view the list for March 22-28

Click here for our list of coupon match ups for the week! A big thanks to those who help out and contribute.

NikyK has done a great job compiling the deals on produce, meat and grocery staples in the flyers for next week.

Some highlights

• Cream Cheese for just $1.44
• 500g Cheese Blocks under $4
• Prime Rib under $5/lb
• and more

Click here to check out her list of great prices next week

Banana Repub­lic has an awesome offer. Take an extra 30% off already reduced styles. This Banana Repub­lic offer is ava­iable online and in-store until Wednes­day, March 27, 2013. Enter Banana Repub­lic promo code BRSALE30 at check­out to get this deal.

Banana Republic has a free ship­ping on the online purchases only of $50 or more in the same order at bananarepublic.ca. Eli­gi­ble cus­tomers must select the “Free Every Day” option in the shop­ping bag to acti­vate the free shipping. Click the link to shop at Banana republic.

A new mail in rebate is available from Werther’s Canada. Mail in the UPC’s from 3 participating Werther’s Original 125g, 142g, 146g, 158g and 180g bag products and include your receipt to claim one of one thousand Summer Getaway Packs. Each pack consists of a $5 gas card, a $1 off coupon for any Werther’s Original Product and a Werther’s Original beach bag. An excellent time to use your buy two, get one free coupon from their last promotion. This offer is valid  until August 16, 2013 or while supplies last. Click here for the mail in form.

Aldo Canada has a great sale. Get up to 30% off all women’s style. This Aldo offer is valid until 11:59PM EST on Fri­day, March 22, 2013 only. Also, Aldo Canada has free standard shipping on all online orders, enter the code FSSALE13 at check out to get the free shipping.

Click the link to shop at Aldo.

There is an all new Save.ca set to launch on March 25th, and we can only hope this will mean more fantastic coupons! If you are not registered with Save.ca click here to sign up.

Brand Power Home Tester Club have a new testing opportunity, it asks about coffee creamers and how often you use them as a qualifier.  They will be picking 200 people in Ontario and BC on or before March 31st.

Click here to sign up to see if you are one of the chosen ones

Today only at Amazon.ca, the Mel Brooks Collection including 8 films, for $17.99. Films included in the set are:

• Blazing Saddles
• Young Frankenstein
• Silent Movie
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights
• To Be or Not to Be
• History of the World, Part 1
• The Twelve Chairs
• High Anxiety

Also:

• Star Wars: The Original Trilogy on Blu-Ray for $37.49
• Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy on Blu-Ray for $37.49
• Movie and TV savings up to 64% off list price

One of the questions we get a lot on SmartCanucks is how to reduce your out of pocket costs to earn bonus points.  Unlike many stores, Shoppers Drug Mart do not allow free product coupons (FPCs) as part of your total for Optimum events, but you can use regular coupons.  CouponDawn spent only $58.03 after tax and coupons for an event where you have to spend $75 to earn bonus points.

Dawn also bought a gift card before spending so she could earn an extra  500 Optimum points.  Click here to see how Dawn got $87 worth of items (before tax) for $58 (after tax) and earned 20,990 Optimum points (worth $44 on a bonus redemption like they are holding this Friday if you redeem at the highest redemption level).

So for those who question how you can spend $75 at Shoppers Drug Mart for a promotion, you don’t have to, you can spend less and still get your points.

Forum member beetwelve combined all the discounts she could to get this haul for free.

3 x Seventh Generation Dish Detergent, Finish Quantum 20 ct., 2 x Greenworks Toilet Bowl Cleaner, Majesta 4 ct. TP ($29.58)
– $2.08 sale (25% off Finish Quantum)
– $15.00 Canadian Tire Scratch’n’Save cards (3 x $5)
– $8.00 in manufacturer’s coupons
– $0.10 Canadian Tire money earned from these transactions
= $4.40
– $1.50 from Checkout 51 (Finish Quantum)
= $2.90
– Paid for using Canadian Tire Money on the Card
= $0 OOP

By combining the Canadian Tire promotion, coupons, Checkout 51 rebates and CT Money earned on previous purchases – all of this for free.  Click here for the full breakdown of the purchases.

Mandy403 took advantage of a deal at Safeway where you get 100 Airmiles for buying Kellogg’s cereals at Safeway.

She used free product coupons (FPCs) from a facebook promotion to get them free.  Each box of cereal also has a coupon PIN on it for a free breakfast product (orange juice, yogurt, coffee etc) so on top of getting 100 Airmiles (over $10 if you redeem your Airmiles in-store for cash), she will also get six free breakfast items.  Using coupons for items with bonus points are a great way to spend less while making more in points.

Mandy also won a contest from Nutella and got a PC/Loblaws gift card as a prize.  She used that to buy other groceries.  Click here to check out the details

There are two new promos on specially marked boxes of General Mills cereals. The first is a coupon for $10 off your Mattel toy purchase of $20 or more. This coupon must be redeemed by October 30th 2013. The second promo, as pictured above (thanks to scbpooh) is a coupon for a free small Orange Julius drink from April 1st to July 31st 2013, and a coupon for a free small Dairy Queen Blizzard from May 1st – 31st 2013. Click here to view the thread on our forum for more information.