In the Walmart (ON) Sept. 8-14, 2010 flyer, Glade Sense & Spray is advertised on sale for $6. Use your $5 off Glade Sense & Spray holder coupon and pay only $1. This coupons was in the August 7th issue of Smartsource and expires on Sept. 11th, so this may be your last chance to use this coupon for a great deal.

Click here to view the Walmart (ON) Sept. 8-14, 2010 flyer.

Thanks to ninna for posting the flyer for us!

Book Closeouts is having a children’s book sale right now. Tons of titles for only 99 cents!  I love Book Closeouts, it is in USD but ships from Canada. Shipping is quite reasonable, my last order I got 63 books and shipping was $28 dollars.  I saved $534 off the cover prices. Click here to check out Book Closeouts.

Also I did a bit of googling and found these discount codes.

Coupon Code: brickcity-5
Password: bookcloseouts.com
Discount: $5 off $35
Expiry: Unknown

Coupon Code: brickcity-10
Password: bookcloseouts.com
Discount: $10 off $65
Expiry: Unknown

Costco Online has a few great deals right now!  Until October 17th earn one Aeroplan mile for every dollar spent online. Click here for more details on this promotion.

Also Carrie sent me this great deal with their photo centre.  Order 50 or more prints and only pay 9 cents each, or if you sign up for a new photo centre account you will receive 25 prints free. Click here for more information on this offer.

Pur Minerals is offering free shipping or 20% off your entire purchase. You choose which discount you’d like!  I’m guessing the 20% off works out to be the better deal.  Simply enter “LABORSHIP” for free shipping or “Save20” to save 20% off your order.

I bought some great brushes from Pur Minerals a few months ago, they are great!  While Pur Minerals is an American site they ship very cheaply to Canada and ship within Canada as well. I’ve ordered 5 times from them and have always been happy with my purchases.

Click here to check out Pur Minerals.

Forever 21 is offering free shipping on all orders to Canada today!  Sorry I’m late on this one I have been crazy busy since Friday with being in a bridal party, helping clean up the hall etc.

Anyways theres still lots of time to shop today! Simply enter the code “LABORDAY” at checkout.

Click here to shop at Forever 21

Thanks Natalka for using the Suggest A Deal feature first thing this morning.

Most of our dietary intake is made up of common North American cuisine – vegetables, pasta, Hot Pockets – the list goes on and on. But some of the things on our menu are distinctly Canadian. Great Canadian Foods is a new weekly feature on SmartCanucks exploring the tastier side of Canadian living.

When starting a column on Canadian eating, it would be a culinary crime if I didn’t write about a personal favorite first. When I was a child I could pretty much eat my body weight in tourtière. As an adult, I’m not much better. But living in Southern Ontario, I often get a quizzical look from friends and family when mentioning this delicious French Canadian treat.

Toutiere is a delectable meat pie made from ground pork, often mixed with veal and beef. In Quebec the dish is customarily a food served during Christmas and New Year’s, though there’s very little reason to keep this deliciousness reserved for a single week of the year.

There’s some debate about the spices used in tourtière, with cinammon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice and pepper appearing to be the most traditional non-meat elements. Dating back to 17th century France, these spices were largely discontinued in French cooking in later years but remained a staple of the tourtière in French Canada.

Other variations have seen ingredients like rolled oats that can be traced back to Scottish soldiers, as well as the Irish-influenced inclusion of the potato. The regional influences on tourtière can offer an interesting (and tasty) window into our nation’s past. There’s even a great radio discussion on the topic in the CBC Archives.

What goes into a traditional tourtière may be well-debated, but some places offer such a different take on the French Canadian meat pie that it’s earned itself a whole new name. Tourtière du Lac-Saint-Jean is a deep dish alternative filled with diced potatoes and various meats (including wild game) that could feed a small army.

Looking to try a taste of tourtière, but won’t be travelling to Quebec anytime soon? While the restaurants in the rest of Canada tend to overlook this great Canadian dish, the grocery stores don’t. Sure it’s not as good as the real thing, but the President’s Choice label offers up a delicious store-bought alternative. If you’re really crafty, you can always try to make your own! Here’s a delicious recipe that’s earned high praise from the cooking community on AllRecipes.com.

Bon Appétit!

Another summer has come and gone for Canada, and while the calendar might tell us we still have another two weeks until fall, our social clocks are telling us something different. This is the last long weekend of the year — the last time for backyard BBQ’s, the last weekend the kids are home from school, and the last time we can really get away with shorts and a t-shirt. Depending on where you live, it might even be too late for that.

But what does Labour Day mean? No — we’re not talking about football again — what I want to know is, what does Labour Day really mean?

For those interested in a little history lesson, Labour Day got it’s start in Canada back in 1872 (or so says Wikipedia) when a parade was assembled in support of the Toronto Typographical Union’s strike. Some workers were arrested for parading as a result of some archaic anti-union laws, and then Prime Minister John A. McDonald vowed to change it’s government’s stance, signing the Trade Union Act into law the following year.

Celebrations followed every spring to commemorate the strike parade, until in 1894 Prime Minister John Thompson declared the first Monday in September Labour Day. In the US, Grover Cleveland did the same.

The gesture may sound noble, but it’s quite likely that Labour Day was created as little more than a western tactic to replace the Communist-leaning International Workers Day that was created only 3 years earlier. More commonly referred to as “May Day,” International Workers Day was created out of a similar situation that left 8 Ohio workers dead after a protest in 1886. Considering May Day celebrations weren’t without some form of anarchy — riots broke out in Cleveland during the 1894 May Day — offering an official government holiday to honor the workers of North America could easily be seen as a way to placate the masses and prevent further riotous activities.

Despite the late 1800’s formation of the holiday, Labour Day didn’t become the national phenomenon it is today until the 1940’s. The post-war economy created all kinds of jobs in the steel and automotive sectors, and the Women’s Movement was in full swing. People of all genders and backgrounds were embracing the working world, and in turn embraced a holiday that celebrated all of their hard work.

And now? Now it’s a great weekend for carnivals, backyard BBQ’s, garage sales and parades. You’ve worked hard all year — now take the day and enjoy yourself!

Own an iPhone? Love video games? Don’t want to pay for them?

Every weekday Gamezebo.com posts a round-up of the best games to receive a temporary price break to free, as well as highlights of new permanently free games that are well worth a look.

You can see today’s list here, but to stay on top of it every day, be sure to keep an eye on their iPhone channel.

The Source Canada is offering a great Wii charging dock for only $14.96 regular retail of $34.99!  The Source offers free shipping to their stores and you can pay online by credit or interac.  I’ve never seen these docks offered so cheap, I might pick up a few for the kids.

Click here  for the offer.

Experience a new level of freedom with the Gaming Extreme Inductive Charging Dock for Nintendo Wii! There’s no need for contact to charge your Wii remote batteries anymore! The Inductive charging dock lets you charge up to two Wii remotes on this unique induction-charging platform. Charge with or without the silicone sleeve or charge with the Wii Motion Plus expansion attachment. Includes two batteries and an AC charger.

Best Buy and Future Shop are both having Labour Day sales. Both sales run until Tuesday morning at 10am. Theres some decent 20% off offers and other goodies.  Both sites offer free shipping on orders over $39.

Click here to check out Best Buys Sale

Click here to check out Future Shops Sale

Offer valid from September 4 – 10, 2010 on the purchase total of eligible products after discounts and redemptions and before taxes. Excludes prescriptions, products with codeine, tobacco products (where applicable), stamps, lottery tickets, event tickets, transit tickets and passes, electronic gift cards, Life Experiences® packages, prepaid phone cards and Shoppers Home Health Care locations. We reserve the right to substitute an item of equivalent value. Not to be used in conjunction with any other points promotions or offers. Gift certificate will be accepted from Saturday September 11, 2010 through Friday October 1, 2010.

You have to register your Optimum card number here then print the coupon that comes up. Present the coupon at the cashier when you spend $50 or more on cosmetics, skin care, and fragrances and receive a free $10 Beauty Gift Certificate. I’m assuming the gift certificate can be used on cosmetics, skin care, and fragrance purchases only but I may be wrong. It’s better to ask the cashier first before proceeding with the transaction.

Thanks to carlyincanada for posting this promo!

OMG OMG! I’m having heart palpitations! All I can say is, I hope the Brandsaver site doesn’t crash on September 8th! Lol!

Thanks to elisssabetta for the heads up!

It’s that time of year again folks: Labour Day Weekend is finally upon us. And while for some it means the unofficial end of summer, and for others it means the first week of school, for CFL fans it means a weekend of brilliant rivalries.

For more than 60 years Canadian Football fans have spent Labour Day Weekends watching their favorite team square off against their most-hated opposition. That means more than 60 years of TiCats vs. Argos, Blue Bombers vs. Rough Riders, and Eskimos vs. Stampeders.

The first of four games was played last night, and was the only Labour Day Classic game that didn’t feature any sort of actual rivalry. The BC Lions upset the Montreal Alouettes, taking them down 38-17. It was a great game to watch, but the happenstance pairing just seemed to miss the spirit of the weekend.

Here’s the remaining schedule, with times to reflect the Eastern Time start of the TSN broadcast;

• Winnipeg at Saskatchewan – Sept 5, 2pm
• Toronto at Hamilton – Sept 6, 2pm
• Edmonton at Calgary – Sept 6, 5:30pm

Which games will you be watching, and who will you be rooting for?

(PHOTO NOTE: While the two teams pictured aren’t Labour Day rivals, I simply couldn’t imagine a better picture to capture the nail-biting excitement of Canadian football.)

I came across this article on the Yahoo Canada website, and I don’t know if it’s because I recently had a baby or what, but the article just made me all teary. It’s about a baby in Australia who was born prematurely and pronounced dead by the doctors, but was revived to life after being cuddled by his mother.

Click here to read the full article on Yahoo.ca

I loooooove Laura Secord ice cream, but my waistline doesn’t! Lol! Besides, the price of one ice cream cone is enough to make me cringe. Luckily, they’ve come out with a coupon, but you have to buy two.

Click here to print your coupon.

Thanks to AnnieP for sharing this coupon with us!