With tax season in full gear qualifed students can file their taxes quickly and easily using Quick tax online for free!  I’ve used quick tax for years and have always found the product to be efficient and easy to file mine and my husbands taxes.

Not a student? You can “try” the online version out free before you pay. I did this and lets just say I unfortunately do not have a refund coming this year so I will be filing on the deadline (sigh!)

I stopped buying the cd’s in store long ago since it’s more enviromentally friendly to just download the software.

How do you file your taxes? Online, accountant, H&R  block or *gasp* the paper way?

I use to go to H&R Block until I realized just how many errors they were making and how much money I was wasting for something I could do myself with Quick tax in 10 minutes and have my refund in a few weeks!  My last visit was 5 years ago and they made a “mistake'”and said I owed $1900! Lets just say it was a huge error and Igot back $1500.

If your interested in checking out Quick Tax click here.

Entertainment.com is offering 50% off any 2009 coupon book  purchase for the month of March. Considering that the coupons in the book  are worth a lot more then cover price, this is one awesome deal. From your hometown to your next vacation destination, the Entertainment.com coupon book is packed with discounts on Dining (2 for 1), attractions, shopping, travel and hotels.   A ton of Canadian major cities are covered as well as USA and other desinations.

Estee Lauder Bonus Time is coming up!

Retailer: The Bay
Minimum amount you need to spend: $32 CAD (before taxes)
Duration: March 4 – 22, 2009

What You Get:
– Pure Color Long Lasting Lipstick in Autumn OR Pure Color Crystal Lipstick in Tiramisu
– Silky Eyeshadow Duo in Amber Honey OR Smokey Pink
– More Than Mascara Moisture-Binding Formula in Rich Black
– Take It Away Makeup Remover, 30 ml
– Idealist Pore Minimizing Skin Refinisher OR Perfectionist Wrinkle Lifting Serum, 7 ml
– trendsetter cosmetic bag trio, including 3 cosmetic bags in 3 fabulous shades

With the purchase of Estee Lauder products of $75 CAD (before taxes) or more, you’ll receive the above products, PLUS:
– Hydra Lustre Lipstick in Dune Rose
– Hydra Lustre Lipstick in Woodland Berry
– Hydra Lustre Lipstick in Black Cherry
– pink trendsetter accessory case

Global Finance magazine named the World’s 50 safest banks this year. These banks were selected through a comparison of the long-term credit ratings and total assets of the 500 largest banks around the world. Ratings from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch were used.

Here’s how Canadian banks ranked:

10. Royal Bank of Canada
14. Toronto-Dominion Bank
23. Scotiabank
33. Bank of Montreal
43. CIBC

KfW Bank in Germany topped the list as the safest bank in the world. Surprisingly, very few Asian banks made it to the top 50 safest banks.

Click here for the full List of the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks

This Subway Canada Customer Appreciation Day is valid mainly at Southwestern all Ontario Subways. On March 3rd, 2009 from 11am till 7pm buy a footlong Sub and a 21 oz fountain drink and get a second footlong Sub for free! No coupon necessary.

I’ve found that in general the owners of each Subway store get to choose which promos to participate in so don’t expect this at every Subway location.

Update: Looks like this Subway Canada customer appreciation day is at all Ontario Subways and not just Southwestern Ontario 😀

Call your local Subway to double check!

From now till May 3rd, 2009 you can buy an Uncle Burger from A&W Canada for only $3.

Click here to print the coupon from A&W’s website
Click here for a PDF copy of the A&W Canada Uncle Burger coupon

Thanks astuce for posting this freebie in Canadian Freebies.

Get a free sample of organic olive oil Néolia bar soap.

Click here to order your free Neolia  sample

Thanks mellyskater for posting about this hot hot deal in the Canadian Shopping Deals section.

Cake Beauty is a Canadian business owned by Heather Reier. CakeBeauty sells a line of cremes, suds and scrubs with decadent, nourishing ingredients accompanied by sophisticated packaging and a sassy, fun concept.

Today only (March 3rd, 2009) get 50% discount on your order at CakeBeauty.com. This includes items already on sale. To get your 50% discount use coupon code scarlett. Many items are already reduced at CakeBeauty.com, some for as much as 60%! Add an additional 50% on top and you’re almost getting the products for free! Shipping is $6 unless you spend $75 or more in which case it’s free.

To use coupon:

1. Go to CakeBeauty.com.
2. For best deals click on “Up to 60% off”.
3. Add items you like to shopping cart.
4. In shopping cart, in the field next to “Coupon Code”, add the code scarlett.

Click here to shop at Cake Beauty now

Clearly Contacts is the largest Canadian online optical store and it specializes mainly in selling contact lenses. I’ve used them several times to order contact lenses for family members and have been very impressed by their service. Even without coupon codes, I find clearly contacts has very reasonable prices.

You can save 15% on anything at ClearlyContacts.ca using coupon code ENT2009CA

Click here to shop at ClearlyContacts.ca

Take 20% off the Aerie Canada Spring 2009 collection. This coupon is valid for one-time use till March 24, 2009 at Aerie Canada stores. This coupon is not valid in American Eagle  stores, at ae.com or aerie.com.

Click here to print coupon from Aerie Canada’s website
Click here to pint PDF copy of Aerie Canada coupon
Click here for Aerie Canada store locations

Since I just made a post about free admissions to Museums and Art Galleries in Toronto through Toronto’s public Libraries, it’s only fair to post Ottawa’s free admissions too.

Canadian Museum of Nature
Museum of Civilization
Canada Museum of Science and Technology
Ottawa Museum Network

An Ontario Public Library Card (OPL card) allows you to sign out one of 75 passes for each museum from any of the OPL branches or through the bookmobile.

The museum passes allow families to discover some of our local museums at no cost:

• Nature Card:  Canadian Museum of Nature
• Privilege Card:  Canadian Museum of Civilization (Admits a family of four with a miximum of two adults (adults: 18+, kids: under 18))
• ScienceTech Card:  Canada Science and Technology Museum
• Ottawa museum pass:  10 local museums that tell the greater Ottawa story. (NOTE: Some special events and exhibits are not included as part of the museum’s regular admission and are subject to additional fees.)

Passes can be borrowed for one week and be used each day you have it out!

Click here for more details on this Ottawa free admissions

Thanks Melody113 for posting about this spectacular freebie in the Canadian Freebies & Samples Section.

Starting on March 7th, 2009 all of Toronto’s 99 Public Libraries will be giving out FREE passes to most of Toronto’s museums and art galleries.

With the Sun Life Financial Museum and Arts Pass (MAP), you and your family can explore the best of Toronto’s arts and cultural treasures for free.  With a valid adult Toronto Public Library card, you can borrow a MAP for your family at any Toronto Public Library branch. Quantities are limited and borrowing rules apply.

Sun Life Financial Museum + Arts FREE Pass Program Participating Venues:

• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Bata Shoe Museum
• Black Creek Pioneer Village
• Casa Loma
• City of Toronto Historic Museums, including:
• Colborne Lodge in High Park
• Fort York National Historic Site
• Gibson House Museum
• Mackenzie House
• Montgomery’s Inn
• Scarborough Historical Museum
• Spadina Museum
• Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre
• Gardiner Museum
• Museum of Inuit Art
• Ontario Science Centre
• Royal Ontario Museum
• Textile Museum of Canada

(more…)

Thanks Carmaben for posting this pet food freebie in the Canadian Freebies & Free Samples  Section.

Get a free 3.6 kg bag of dog food. Sample available in Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia only and if there is a retailler in your region. To get your free sample:

1. Click here to go to Amibouff.com
2. Choose your province and city
3. Scroll to bottom of the new page you get and click on “Fill in the form below to receive one week of food up to a maximum of 3.6 kg”
4. Fill out the form

Click here to order your free pet food Canada sample

It’s Elizabeth Arden Bonus Time!

Retailer: Sears
Minimum amount you need to spend: $38 CAD (before taxes)
Duration: Feb 28 – March 20, 2009

What You Get:
– Ceramide PP Moisture Cream SFP 15/30, 15 ml
– 7 Ceramide Gold Ultra Restorative Capsules, 3.2 ml
– Ceramide Purifying Cream Cleanser, 50 ml
– Prevage Anti-aging Formula, 5 ml
– Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant, 15 ml
– Ceramide Lash Extending Treatment Mascara in Black, 3 ml
– Deluxe Compact containing Bronzer Duo (1.4 g), 2 Eyeshadows (1.4 g) in Wheat and Teak and 2 Lip Glosses (9 g) in Frosted Camelia and Mandarin Shine
– Ceramide Plump Perfect Lipstick in Perfect Praline
– Mediterranean Eau Du Parfume, 5 ml

140$ value! Click here to shop at Sears.ca

As a Diet Coke enthusiast (I know, I know, aspartame is really bad for me. — I get it), I’ve had a heart-breaking few years. While you’ll never have a problem finding Coca-Cola products in your local pop aisles, more and more restaurants have been switching from Coke to Pepsi. It’s been happening at such a staggering rate that there must be an amazingly good price attached to it. One of the few holdouts in the restaurant cola wars was McDonald’s. But it looks like that almost wasn’t the case.

Last year McDonald’s did a test market trial run of Pepsi beverages in several of it’s US restaurants. The full Reuters story can be found here. It turns out that they didn’t sell as well as was expected, so the chain is going to stick with Coca-Cola products. THANK. GOD.

Have any restaurants in your area made the switch? Does it drive you crazy when you order a coke and they say “is Pepsi ok?” Where does your cola loyalty lay?