Thanks itsjustmebub and couponlady for posting this awesome deal in the Canadian Shopping Deals and Flyers section 😀

On December 11th and 12th or 12th and 13th, 2008 (check your local flyer for date) the Real Canadian Superstor, Zehrs, Loblaws, Fortinos and basically almost all Loblaw Inc. grocery chains are having tax free event from 5pm till close. This means that you do not pay any taxes on your purchase. This applies to everything in-store including electronics! So imagine buying a Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 without paying any tax! That’s like saving almost $50 😀

We pay the GST and PST (where applicable) on almost all taxable items excluding purchases of tobacco, prescriptions, dry cleaning, gas bar, lottery or from third party businesses within our stores. No returns accepted or rain checks issued for taxable items during this promotion. We reserve the right to limit purchases to reasonable family requirements. Offer only valid in participating stores in Ontario. Cannot be combined with any other promotional offers.

Click here for a discussion of this Loblaws no tax event on the forum

Thanks jackso for posting about this Zellers Friends & Family event in the Canadian Shopping Deals and Flyers section.

On Sunday December 14th, 2008 only receive an extra 10% discount on almost everything at Zellers including ALL regular, sale and clearance-priced merchandise! You need a copy of the invitation coupon for this event so don’t forget to print it out:

Click here to print your Zellers Invitation.

This blog post was originally made by Sally but when I added the above pic she didn’t approve so I took over authorship of the blog post 😛

Every year Tim Hortons offers free holiday skating in select areas of Canada, its a great family activity and a great way to get the whole family active!

Mom’s and Dad’s don’t forget the helmets for the little ones to protect their precious noodles!

Click here for the full Free Ice Skating schedule

I’d post all the locations but theres hundreds and hundreds of free skate dates and areas!

Happy free Skating!

I knew today’s Christmas countdown title would grab your attention! Well it’s what I think is a classical Christmas movie scene, the Mean Girls Christmas Dance. While searching for this scene on Youtube I came across loads of people doing their own version of this Christmas dance at very different places ranging from schools to Hooters. Here’s the movie scene:

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And here’s the Jingle Bell Rock mp3 just in case you wanted to practice this at home :P  (right click on the link and save it to your computer)

Over the past few weeks we’ve had some posts letting people know about the Annual $5 T-shirt Sale at Threadless.com. While the deals were good (and still are — the sale continues!), a number of our readers have come back and commented about the outrageous customs fees they were required to pay at the door.

To the best of my knowledge, the commenters that have been saying it is a UPS-related issue are dead right. Of all the deliveries I receive from the states each year, only the ones from UPS seem to come with a mountain-sized customs fee. I once ordered a $30 bag from Manhattan Portage and had to pay $45 in customs. It was BEYOND outrageous. That’s why I go out of my way to avoid UPS whenever possible.

Threadless offers four shipping choices — two through UPS, and two through the US Postal Service. While it’ll be slower and without a tracking number, you’ll most likely avoid the customs fee by choosing the “Postal” options. I’m cheap, so I went economy anyways. My first order hasn’t arrived yet, so I can’t confirm for a fact that no customs fees occur through this method. From my understanding and past experience with other US companies though, it’s the safest bet.

My apologies to all of you that have incurred customs fees. If it makes you feel any better I’ll likely be fighting with a UPS driver today over fees from a Christmas purchase unrelated the Threadless later today. I ordered it from a .ca site, so why the heck is it coming UPS from Colorado?? We are not amused.

As far as Threadless shipping goes, they’ve just upgraded their sale again to include a $7 discount for postal economy shipping on international orders over $50. The sales been on a while now, so this is probably the last bump up in savings they’ll offer before they take the whole thing down.

Until December 12th receive a collectable 2008 snowglobe at Sears.ca beauty with a $75 women’s or mens fragrance purchase online. I just happened to be browsing their beauty section looking for gifts and came across this little gem gwp.

*while quantities last. Please see site for other details, and or exclusions.

I thought if would be a good idea with the holiday shopping season in full force to list the stores online or box, that will price match items if you find it advertised cheaper elsewhere. Some offer the full difference and 5-10% on top of that. Each have their own conditions and generally are found in store or in the “help” or “customer service” section of the website.

If you know of any please post and I’ll update my list as we go!

Walmart

Bestbuy

Futureshop

Sears Toys only until Dec. 24th

Zappos.ca

List via Koala on our forum

Staples Business Depot
Canadian Tire
HomeDepot
Hakim Optical
Kitchen Stuff Plus
Apple Store Canada
The Brick

PJ’s Petsmart
NCIX.com
Vibe Computers
London Drugs
Toys R Us
Zellers
HBC
Office Depot
Dangeo.com
Save-On-Foods
Superstore Only select stores*
Eglobal Computers

Bargain Shop

Not the first time we’ve mentioned it here at SmartCanucks, but tomorrow brings the long-awaited DVD launch of The Dark Knight. If you haven’t seen it, you really need to. I never thought the word “masterpiece” could be applied to a comic book movie, but if any had ever earned the title it’d be this one. Heath Ledger gave the best performance of the year, hands down. So when I came across this Heath Ledger as the Joker as Ronald McDonald pic? I couldn’t resist.

Don’t forget — Select Empire Cinemas’ are doing a screening tonight that comes with a DVD of the movie, and Blockbuster will be open from midnight ’til 1am to sell copies at $17.99 a pop. That price is good tomorrow as well, but after that it’ll jump to normal.

Banana Republic Canada is having a one day only 40% discount on all regular priced items in-store. This sale will take place on December 10th, 2008 and will be available at all Banana republic stores across Canada.

Click here for more details on this Banana  Republic Canada sale
Click here for Banana Republic Canada store locations

Thanks Katie & jpottawa for posting this Smoofer coupon code in the Canadian Shopping Deals and Flyers section 😀

If you’re interested in funky looking Tees like the Threadless T-Shirts you’ll probably love this deal from Smoofer.com! Use coupon code holiday to save 15% on Smoofer.com’s T-Shirts.

Smoofer is a Canadian company that sells licensed T-Shirts. I don’t think the T-Shirts are actually made in Canada but hey they’re trying and at least their warehouses are located in Canada not the US. As for pricing, most T-shirts are $19 so after the 15% discount they’ll cost $16.15. Shipping is free and they ship to everywhere in Canada. I’d say this is a pretty good deal although I would have liked to see more designs. But they’re new so let’s give them a chance and a thumbs up for trying.

Update: Smoofer staff left the following comment on the blog 😀

WOW….great support for SMOOFER.com

Next 3 people to buy a shirt from our site, and use PROMO code “canucks” (without the quotes and in lower case) will get 20% OFF.

Happy Shopping Smart Canucks!

Click here to shop at Smoofer.com now

Today is the final day of ‘Sears Days’ with extra savings such as

• Women’s 20-40%
• Men’s up to 30%
• Kids and toy’s 5-25%
• Bed and bath 15-45%
• Tools 10-50%
• Appliances save 10$-300$
• Shoes 10%-50%
• Electronics 5%-30%

Although this is the last day of Sears Days there is also a ‘Shop to win’ promo going on where 100 people daily win what they buy! This runs until December 31.

I’d love to win my purchase, actually it would be amazing, better then swiss cheese!

Still good are the 20% off Outlet clothing, accessories, luggage, shoes, jewelery, watches when you spend $75 using promo code 94162929

* Excludes special purchases ending in .97

The toy outlet sale runs to the 19th of December in all toys ending in .94 using promo code 641612112.

These promotional codes are readily available right on the outlet.

* Last day to order to ensure Christmas delivery is December 19th for most areas

* Free door to door shipping until December 31 for many items!

Thanks 544282882 for posting this Empire Theatres promo in Canadian Shopping Deals and Flyers section 😀

For a limited time, when you purchase $30 of Empire Theatres gift cards in-theatre or online, you receive $30 in Bonus Coupons. Great offers you can treat yourself with or share as a gift card.

Offer ends December 24, 2008.

Bonus Coupons in Ontario & British Columbia:

• One for me. One for free. Use your Empire Theatres Gift Card to purchase one Adult Admission Ticket & receive a second Admission Ticket FREE!
• Join Us for a Movie on your Birthday Free
• See a Movie with Us for just $5.00
• Free Coca-Cola 44 oz Soft Drink with the purchase of a Large or Empire size Popcorn
• Buy a Regular Popcorn and Get One FREE

Bonus Coupons in Atlantic Canada:

• One for me. One for free. Use your Empire Theatres Gift Card to purchase one Adult Admission Ticket & receive a second Admission Ticket FREE!
• Join Us for a Movie on your Birthday Free
• See a Movie with Us for just $5.00
• Free Coca-Cola 44 oz Soft Drink with the purchase of a Large or Empire size Popcorn
• $5.00 off your grocery bill when you spend $25 on Compliments products at Sobeys

Bonus Coupons in Alberta & Manitoba

• One for me. One for free. Use your Empire Theatres Gift Card to purchase one Adult Admission Ticket & receive a second Admission Ticket FREE!
• Join Us for a Movie on your Birthday Free
• See a Movie with Us for just $5.00
• Free Coca-Cola 44 oz Soft Drink with the purchase of a Large or Empire size Popcorn
• Receive 725 bonus points when you spend $75 with your Club Sobeys Card.

Click here for details on this Empire Theatres $30 Gift Card Bonus Coupons promo

Mark’s Work Wearhouse Canada is having a Friends & Family Night Sale. On Saturday December 13th 2008, 5PM until closing Save 20% on everything storewide. Some stores open until 11pm, check local store for hours of operation. Stores in Quebec and New Brunswick will host the event from store open to close.

It might be possible to use the $10 off $10 Mark’s Work Wearhouse Cash Card that day too and save more. On the cash card it states that “Card cannot be combined with any other offer” but you never know, they may accept it 😉

Click here for details on this Mark’s Canada Friends & Family Sale
Click here for Mark’s Canada store locations

Thanks thepixie for suggesting this Lush Canada coupon code!

Get free shipping on Lush.ca orders of $99 of more, plus get a FREE Christmas Kisses (bubble bar $6.96 value) with your next order, ‘til December 10th, 2008.

Use promo code: LUSHLIFEKISS05

Click here to shop at Lush.ca

Yes you read correctly! Save an extra 50% off Sears.ca outlet toys* from now until December 19th!

I already ran over and placed an order before posting this its so hot off the press!

Use bonus code 941612112

I am so excited I just bought a ton of  toys for our childrens toys drive.

* Is only valid on toys ending in .94 which is a ton of toys!

Click here to shop

Thanks to PEIMOM for posting on our forum