Enjoy the gift of a new release movie rental. Buy any specially marked Glade Holiday products in particiapting stores and get a Blockbuster Canada movie rental for free.

Click here for details on this Blockbuster Canada / Glade freebie

Featured Blog: spiffykerms

Blogs are an interesting thing.  Sometimes they’re about a specific trend, topic or discussion.  Other times they’re about nothing at all.  While spiffykerms falls into that “nothing” category, it’s a delightful and refreshing read every day.

As a personal blog spiffykerms details the thoughts and experiences of it’s author in a way that everyone can enjoy.  I know nothing of the blog’s author save for what’s on the page, and yet I find everything she writes to be as interesting and entertaining as I would the conversations of a close friend.  If you want a fun read that’ll shake up your normal routine, make sure to give it a try!

Canadian Tire is having a huge 3 day sale on Friday, Saturday & Sunday November 28 – 30, 2008.

Mindseye of Dealcetera.com has a VERY detailed blog post about the deals so there’s no need for me to write this again.

Click here for Mindseye’s detailed Canadian Tire Christmas sale and deals post

Purchase a Balsam Fir Christmas tree for $20 and you’ll get a coupon for $20 off an IKEA purchase of $75 or more. The coupon you’ll get will be redeemable January 2 to March 1, 2009.

This promotion begins on November 29th, 2008.

Click here for more details on this Christmas tree promo

I know I’ve posted this Enfamil freebie loads of times on the blog but it’s always good to remind new parents of this awesome freebie 😀

Join Enfamil Family Beginnings now and receive up to $75 in free gifts and offers. You will receive a free Enfamil kit that includes:

• Enfamil samples (and in many cases a full sized product)
• Fisher Price developmental toy information and offers
• Up to $22 in coupons
• Free nutritional and development information

Click here to order your free Enfamil freebies

Oprah Winfrey has teamed up with some of the biggest names in the music business to create a one-of-a-kind holiday mix. You can download the Christmas mp3s for free 😀

To download the songs right click on the name and “Save Target As”

• Faith Hill, “Joy to the World” from the album Joy to the World
• Tony Bennett, “I’ll be Home for Christmas” from the album A Swingin’ Christmas
• Il Divo, “O Holy Night” from the album The Christmas Collection
• Josh Groban, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” from the album Noel
• Brian McKnight, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” from the album I’ll Be Home for Christmas
• Amy Grant, “O Come All Ye Faithful” from the album The Christms Collection
• Harry Connick Jr., “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” from the album What a Night! A Christmas Album
• Aretha Franklin, “Silent Night” from the album This Christmas

Click here for more details on this Christmas songs freebie from Oprah

I’m going to try and not repeat themes too often, but after seeing this photo of Obama I couldn’t resist.  Besides, at 40 captions and counting on our first post it seems like everyone here at SmartCanucks is eager to put words in the mouths of US politicians.

So what say you?  Who’s the real Superman in this picture?

Thanks columbiathorndale for posting about the Canadian Tire Christmas Countdown Coupons on the Canadian Shopping Deals and Flyers section.

Canadian Tire’s  Free Christmas Countdown Calendar will be available from Friday November 28th, till  Sunday November 30th, 2008.

Last year they had awesome coupons:

• Free Holiday CD with songs from artists including Sarah McLachlan, Diana Krall, and the Barenaked Ladies – Vol. 1 Nov. 28-30, Vol. 2 Dec. 13-14
• Save $5 on any $20 purchase – Dec. 3-7
• Save $10 on any $50 purchase at Mark’s Work Warehouse – Dec. 2-31 and Dec. 16 – Jan. 15
• Save $5 on any Christmas Decor in the Seasonal Dept. (Min. $10 purchase) – Dec. 3-7
• Bravetti Digital Kettle only $44.99 – Dec. 4-7
• Automotive Creeper only $9.99 – Dec. 5-7
• Free 3-pack of Ferrero Rocher with min 20L gas purchase at Gas Bar – Dec. 8-12 and Dec. 22-26
• Save $5 on any Hardware power tool item (Min. $10 purchase) – Dec. 9-14
• Save $5 on any small electric kitchen appliance (Min. $10 purchase) – Dec. 10-14
• Tonka Tough toy only $9.99 – Dec. 11-14
• Memorex iPod Docking Station only $69.99 – Dec. 12-14
• Save $5 on any Home Electronics Device (Min. $10 purchase) – Dec. 16-21
• Save $5 on any Children’s Toy (Min. $10 purchase, product numbers starting with 50-XXX) – Dec. 17-21
• Kitchen Aid Cookset only $149.99 – Dec. 18-21
• Mastercraft pliers set only $8.99 – Dec. 19-21

If someone gets the 2008 calendar please let us know what coupons are on there 😀

Some of you might have heard about this already. Metro Inc. will start changing most of its grocery stores’ names to Metro to help make it easier and more economical for them to brand and market the stores. Once the transformation is complete by the end of 2009 Metro will become the most common supermarket name in Canada, boasting 376 stores in Quebec and Ontario. The only banner not included in the change is Food Basics, which competes in the discount food segment of the grocery market.

To Quebecers that’s good news since they’ve always had Metro grocery stores  (which I find are ridiculously overpriced – but that applies to all grocery stores in Quebec). It will be nice for Quebecers to see Quebec’s grocery store brand spread all across Ontario.

I personally have mixed feelings about this. Although they’re now owned by Metro Inc, A&P grocery stores have been around for almost a century and were operated by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. On August 15, 2005, A&P sold A&P Canada and Food Basics Canada to Metro Inc. of Quebec. I guess Metro waited for a few years before going with the name change to avoid getting too much attention to the handover. It’s just sad seeing another well known and historic name in Ontario vanish. A&P, although originally American, did leave its finger prints in Canada. On the other hand, I find current A&P and Dominion stores are pricier than Loblaws. The stores also seem to have an infamous reputation so it’s nice seeing some fresh blood and change. I just hope the change doesn’t mean crummy cramped aisles and ugly store designs like the Metros currently in Quebec.

Why do I bring this up today? Well Metro Inc. has started changing the name of grocery stores from Dominion to Metro in Toronto and probably other Ontario cities too.

Came across this video on Ted Avery’s website. I can’t stop watching it! Thanks Ted for wasting my next hour watching this 😀

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Yep! it’s back 😀 Get 50% discount on your entire purchase at Bluenotes Canada online blnts.com. Use coupon code just4u at checkout. This coupon code is valid until November 30th, 2008.

You also get free standard shipping on orders over $75!

Last time Bluenotes had a 50% off promo many SC’ers found it useful. They even got free shipping. Checkout last time’s 50% off promo for more details.

Click here to shop at Bluenotes Canada online now

Today I’ll present this year’s hottest toys. Some of these toys are expected to make it to many children’s Christmas Wish Lists. Instead of making up the list I am using Toys R Us’s “Fabulous 15” Hot Holiday Toys since they obviously have more experience in that field. I linked to these toys so you can have an idea of what they look like. I don’t necessary suggest you buy them from Toys R Us, I’m simply linking to Toys R Us for you to get an idea of what these toys are.

Following are the Toys”R”Us “Fabulous 15,” representing the best new toys of the holiday season (listed in alphabetical order):

50’s Diner from Step2 – $169.9
Bakubelt Action Kit from Spin Master – multiple items but seem inexpensive
Circus Ring from Playmobil – Can’t find it at Toys R Us Canada
Classic Lights and Sounds Trike from Radio Flyer – ~$70.00
Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker from JAKKS Pacific – $34.99
EyeClops Night Vision Infrared Stealth Goggles from JAKKS Pacific – $99.99
FURREAL FRIENDS BISCUIT, MY LOVIN’ PUP from Hasbro – $199.99
Imaginext Spike the Ultra Dinosaur from Fisher-Price – $149.99
Laugh & Learn Shop & Learn Walker from Fisher-Price – $49.99
Little Mommy Sweet As Me Baby Knows Dolls from Mattel – ~$20.00
Pink 8GB iPod nano from Apple – $159.99
Pink Tag Reading System from LeapFrog – $59.99
Sesame Street Elmo Live! from Fisher-Price – $65.99
Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Twilight from LEGO Systems, Inc. – $119.99
Wii Fit from Nintendo – $99.99

Celebrating the American Thanksgiving, American Eagle online is giving 25% off your entire order and also offering free shipping.  It does’t really get much better than that 😀 . This promo is valid on Thursday Nov 27th only and yes it is valid in Canada too.

• Free Shipping + 25% off entire order coupon code: 47596384

Other American Eagle coupon codes and promos:

• Order anything from 77Kids and get free shipping on entire order including non 77Kids items
• 20% off entire order: 48761907 (get free shipping with by ordering a 77Kids item)
• Free shipping for orders above $50: 78994019

Click here to shop at American Eagle Online

If you live in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax or Quebec City you can air travel for almost VIA RAIL ticket prices on Porter Air. Porter Air also travels to and from the US cities New York and Chicago.

Porter Air currently have an online coupon code for 20% off select ticket purchases. Use online coupon code CHI20. This code is valid on bookings made by December 19th, 2008 for travel by March, 2009.

Adam Schwabe of BlogTO has an interesting blog article about his experience with Porter Airlines.

Click here to but your Poter Airlines ticket

Shoppers Drug Mart is having a Tell A Friend Event. You will get an invitation email from Shoppers Drug Mart! Wait! Don’t sign up yet! Cyanne manages Shoppers Drug Mart groups/chains so that each person refers a group of people and everyone ends up getting more optimum points through referrals.

If you’re interested in joining Cyanne’s managed groups to earn more points first of all DO NOT Sign up through the email you got yet. Read Cyanne’s instructions first and she will tell you what to do:

Click here for instructions on joining the referral groups/chain managed by Cyanne