Have something old you were thinking of yard saling but you don’t want to wait until spring? Want something new, or at least new to you that somebody else no longer needs? Check out Freecycle, the world’s largest organization for the gift giving of second hand items. Although it is an international project, Freecycle exists primarily on a regional level. Each region has it’s own group online where people can post items that they’d like to get rid of or like to get their hands on, and once you’ve contacted the person and agreed on the exchange it’s as simple as meeting them somewhere to get your items! Pretty neat, huh?

The things being offered really cover every topic imaginable. Electronics, books, baby clothes – you name it. My sister-in-law lives in England (she’s who turned me on to this site) and actually got her hands on a car.  I’m sure finds like that are few and far between, but still. It’s a great place to make sure your once-treasured items don’t end up in a landfill, and if someone has something you’re looking for, all the better. Do yourself a favour – get yourself decluttered this week and throw whatever you were going to get rid of up on Freecycle instead of out in the trash.

Nintendo is offering Wii play for $59.99 and it comes with a free Wiimote!! You can think of this offer in two ways: Wiimote costs $49.99 so you’re getting Wii Play for only $10! or you can assume that Wii Play costs $59.99 which means that you’re getting a Wiimote for free! This Nintendo Wii offer is simply irresistible 🙂

Wii Play (with free Wiimote) won’t be out until February 12th, 2007 so you’ll have to be a bit patient.
Wii play consists of 9 mini games:

Table Tennis
Laser Hockey
Fishing
Find Mii
Pose Mii
Shooting
Billiards
Charge!
Tanks!

More details about Wii Play on wikipedia

More details about the Wii Play – Wiimote deal here

Fill out a “Cholesterol Control” survey and get 1000 free Shoppers Optimum Points.

Click here to fill out the survey

As another year comes to a close, one question remains – where am I going to go to party? I had been under the impression that most major cities held free events on New Year’s, but after some lengthy searches on the internet this morning I’ve discovered that that’s simply not the case. If you live in Southern Ontario though, we’ve got two annual events that are always a ton of fun this time of year. I’ve been to both, so I can vouch for the fun factor personally.

Toronto РNathan Phillips Square. Free Admission. Featuring performances by Hedley, George, Keshia Chant̩ and Measha Brueggergosman. Also Featuring: Ed the Sock. More info..

Niagara Falls – Queen Victoria Park. Free Admission. Featuring performances by Foreigner, Colin James and Justin Hines. More info..

Living 20 minutes from Niagara Falls and being a HUGE fan of kitschy 80’s rock, I’m rather ashamed that I won’t be making it out there tonight to see Foreigner. I was looking forward to the delicious irony of watching them perform “Cold As Ice” in unseasonably warm winter weather. Sigh… C’est la vie.

If you know of any free event in your area, please, post a comment here. Your fellow SmartCanucks will thank you. 🙂

GO Transit is offering free transportation on its trains and buses on New Year’s Eve, Sunday, December 31.

“Leave the driving to us,” said GO Chairman Peter Smith. “We encourage people to celebrate responsibly by not drinking and driving that evening.”

People can ride free from 7 p.m. until service ends that night on all GO Trains and GO Buses running on a Sunday, including the Lakeshore East and Lakeshore West train lines.

The last Lakeshore trains going east to Oshawa and west to Oakville leave Union Station at 1:13 a.m. that night. Bus times vary, depending on the route, and passengers should check with GO before riding.

More details here

Get a free regular fries or onion rings from Pizza Pizza with the purchase of a slice and pop.

Click here to open and print this Pizza Pizza coupon

Chances are that if you’re reading this, you didn’t watch Arrested Development. After all, if you did – or if anyone did for that matter – Arrested Development would still be on the air. It’s a shame, because you don’t know what you were missing. Well now, courtesy of MSN, you can find out.
MSN is putting the entire series online for your enjoyment free of charge. Currently the first nine are available, and they’re adding three more every week until all 53 are available. If you’ve never seen it you owe it to yourself to give it a try. If you’re already a fan, there’s all kinds of new stuff for you to enjoy -like Messenger pics and wallpapers.

This show is a personal favourite, so please, consider my sharing this link my gift to you. Happy Holidays!

Click here to check out Arrested Development.

Front Entrance 10:00am

Don’t miss this much loved annual event where siberian tigers, Reindeer and other animals receive their seasonal goodies. Strolling Carollers and free Hot Chocolate following the walk. Please bring a non-perishable food item for the food bank. FREE Admission for EVERYONE all day! Happy Holidays.

This is an outdoor event! Dress warmly.

More details here

I don’t know about you, but I hate iTunes. And I mean HATE. I find it so unfriendly, so slow – in my books, it’s an absolute nightmare. But that hasn’t stopped me from wanting an iPod. As much as I hate to admit it there’s still nothing better out there than Apple’s little white pocket pal. Thanks to MGTEK there’s finally some hope for folks like me. So if you’re putting an iPod in someones stocking this year, why not tell them about Dopsip? It’s a Windows Media Player plug-in that will allow WMP11 to recognize the iPod just like it would any other portable music playing device.

Dopisp does have one limitation though, and depending on how you acquire your music it might be a real stick in the mud. Dopsip can’t sync any music with DRM protection, which means that if you’ve purchased music from the iTunes Store you won’t be able to sync it through Dopisp.

If you’re interested in Dopsip, I’d suggest getting it right away. It’s not available for purchase yet, but it is available for free as a two month evaluation copy. Give it a shot and let us know what you think!

Click here to visit the Dopisp site and download the free evaluation copy.

Thanks to global warming many of us here in the Great White North have been able to stave off the cold for a few weeks longer than we’re used to. As we creep closer to January though, it’s good to be prepared for the winter weather that awaits us and the high heating bills that come with it. The Ontario Ministry of Energy has put together a handy energy saving guide titled “Conserve Energy and Save Money.” Not only does it offer a number of handy tips for reducing your heating costs this winter, but it’ll give you some other environmentally friendly money saving tips that you can use all year round.

Heating-related highlights include;

• Use area rugs on cold floors – if your feet are cold, your body will feel cold.
• Clean or replace the air filter on your furnace every month to improve efficiency.
• If you feel cool, put on a sweater rather than simply turning up the thermostat.

You can check out the online version of the guide here, or you can order a print version here.

Click here for more details

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Got this email from Michelle who represents AOL.ca and thought I’d pass it on since the event if free to watch online with no registration.

Hey Boo,

Hope all’s been well since we were last in touch! Just got word of something really cool (and sort of last minute) from AOL Canada.. they’re going to be broadcasting a free live Nelly Furtado concert tomorrow at midnight (Friday to Saturday). The actual show is by invite only, but AOL.ca will be broadcasting it online for the world to see. Details are below…

Date: Friday, Dec. 8 / Saturday Dec. 9

Time: 12:00 am EST (9:00 pm PST)

Where to watch: www.aol.ca/entertainment

Live from: The Roxy Theatre on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, CA

Fans will be able to watch the performance as it happens and will also be able to access the concert on demand after the show ends. This is all absolutely free and available to all Canadians (no need to register or anything like that). This live performance broadcast is an AOL exclusive, and is part of AOL Canada’s new free online music and entertainment services.

Cheers,

Michelle =)

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