We have an awesome Canadian blogging community out there with many creative bloggers. I’ve been enjoying reading some of these blogs on a daily basis for a few years now. Unfortunately, not everyone knows about these blogs. To help support the Canadian blogging community, which SmartCanucks.ca is also a part of, I’ll feature a Canadian blog on here every now and then. I’ll give priority to personal blogs.

If you’d like to have your blog featured on Smart Canucks please email me at smartcanucks att gmail dot com.

Get 15% off your next purchase at SoftMoc Canada in-store or online. You can get the printable coupon here. For SoftMoc.com online use coupon code VEN1.

SoftMoc sells some of the best and most comfortable shoes brands in the world including Clarks, Berkinstock and more.  If you’re a Clarks fan though, beware that they’ve recently moved their manufacturing from England to China and ever since the quality of their shoes has significantly deteriorated. But SoftMoc carries loads of other quality shoes.

Click here to print your SoftMoc Canada 15% off coupon

Budget Canada Car rental released new e-coupons for the fall. A 24-hour advance reservation is required and rental must begin between September 8 and December 15, 2008.

Here are the coupon codes:

$20 off weekly rental (coupon = MCNZ029)
$20 off 4 day weekend rental (coupon = MCNZ028)
$15 off 3 day weekend rental (coupon = MCNZ027)
$10 off 2 day weekend rental (coupon = MCNZ026)

Weekly offer: $20 off the weekly rental applies to a minimum five consecutive day rental period.
Weekend offer: $10 – $20 off weekend rental applies to a minimum 2 consecutive day weekend rental. Weekend rental period begins Thursday noon and car must be returned by Monday 11:59 p.m. or higher rate will apply. A Saturday night keep is required.

Clcik here for more details on this Budget Car rental coupons

Thanks firefly for posting this brilliant freebie on the Canadian Freebies Forum 😀

Get a coupon for a free box of Honey Almond Flax Flavour Kashi Cereal.

Coupons are available from September 25, 2008 to January 8, 2009 or while supplies last, whichever occurs first. Coupons must be redeemed by July 31, 2009.

Click here to order your free Honey Almond Flax Flavour Kashi Cereal

I don’t usually post contests on SmartCanucks’ main blog since there’s a Canadian Contests Blog here. But since I felt bad for forgetting to reply to your emails, here you go Michaela :). I also think it’s a good cause and people should be aware of World Sight Day 2008 which will be held on October 9th, 2008.

Win Free Contact Lenses from LensShopper. Enter our World Sight Day competition and you can win:

• Grand Prize: 1 year’s supply of contact lenses.
• Runner-up Prizes: 6 month’s supply of contact lenses

From now until October 31st 2008, you can enter our prize draw competition.

Click here for more details on this World Sight Day 2008 contest

Get a free 2009 Calendar from Yves Rocher Canada. You need to print this coupon and take it to an Yves Rocher near you. It says a Rewards card is required, but hey, the rewards card is free and it takes a couple of minutes to get a rewards card in-store 😉 So don’t miss on this superb freebie and go get your free Yves Rocher calendar.

Expires Oct. 7, 2008

Click here to print the coupon for a free Yves Rocher 2009 Calendar.

Newegg is an online computer hardware and software retailer based in California. Newegg sell products at ridiculously low prices. Unfortunately, Newegg.com has only catered to US customers; that is until today! Sometime today Newegg.ca will be launched.

Visit Newegg.ca for the pre-launch contest and keep your eyes opens for what I’m guessing will be sizzling hot launch deals.

Hopefully Newegg.ca will force some of the Canadian computer hardware retailers to lower their prices a bit and let loose of that monopoly. We’ll see how Newegg.ca will manage shipping and duties. Only time will tell.

Click here to visit Newegg Canada

Thanks Hot Like Wasabi for the Shoppers Drug Mart flyer listing 😀

Don’t forget this Saturday’s 20x event. For store employees, you’ll get the 20x points and the PDP is in effect.

Shouldn’t be a problem getting to $50 on Saturday!

Front Page (ON/PRA/BC):

HEAD & SHOULDERS SHAMPOO (700mL) or CONDITIONER (680mL)
Selected Types
$6.99

PANTENE RESTORATIVES or EXPRESSIONS HAIR CARE PRODUCTS
Selected Types & Sizes
$6.99

CREST PRO-HEALTH RINSE 500mL
Selected Types
2.99

SCOPE MOUTHWASH 473mL – 1L
Selected Types
$2.99

CURIOUS or FANTASY GIFT SET
While Quantities Last. No Rainchecks
$19.99

LIFE BRAND SKIN CARE PRODUCTS
Selected Types & Sizes
20% off

IVORY BAR SOAP 10 x 90g
Selected Types
$1.99
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Get free educational publications from the Canadian Museum of history’s online website, nature.ca.

The publications in the Neotoma series offer information about a variety of animals, plants, minerals, fossils and other natural phenomena. They are mailed out for free.

Click here to order your free educational publications

Get 50% off orders are Bluenotes Canada online Blnts.com. Use coupon code justforyou

Coupon code expires on Oct 5, 2008.

You also get free shipping if you spend $75 or more. That’s a superb deal if you like Bluenotes’ clothing. You can even visit a Bluenotes brick and mortor store, try on the clothes and sizes, and then go online, place your order, use the coupon code and get 50% off 😉

Click here to shop at Bluenotes Canada now

Buying in bulk is oftentimes a great way to save money.  It’s pretty much a no-brainer.  But what about those products that you go out of your way to buy as minimally as possible?  What’s your anti-bulk?

Example: in recent years President’s Choice has introduced a half-pack of bacon.  Anytime we’ve ever bought a full pack of bacon we cook half of it and the other half goes bad long before we crave it again.  I gues we’re just not bacon people.  So when the half pack came out?  It was a perfect fit for our lifestyle!

While it may technically be more expensive strip by strip, it saves us because we’d just waste the rest.

Do you have any products like this?  Where you buy the small because you know the normal or bulk size would be a crazy move in your world?

It’s been in the work for sometime, but as of today you can now register on the ‘do not call’ list with your phone number to stop those dinner time telemarketing calls.

I’m estatic. I’m so tired of having a horn blow in my ear, with my captain speaking, the youv’e been approved for ”credit card” were calling about your ”’credit card” calls.

The site is super swamped today but click here to register you might have to keep trying or go back another day since I highly suspect there getting a large amount of Canadians signing up (Which they honestly should of been prepared for lol!)

I really hope this does weed out the 20 calls I average a week from telemarketers. I’ve been signed up with the CMA’s do not call list for years, but it really didn’t do too much, maybe weeded out a few but not many.

I don’t mind doing survey’s and such but 9 times out of 10 it’s for a ‘free cruise’ or phishing for my SIN number and personal info.

Hope everyone that wants to sign up gets in today!

Edited to add:

You can also call 1-866-580-DNCL (1-866-580-3625) or by TTY at 1-888-DNCL TTY (1-888-362-5889). You must be calling from the number you wish to register

 

Thanks to Sc’ers for posting this on the forum

Reminder that September 30th, 2008 (tomorrow) is your last chance to download Nickelback’s Gotta Be Somebody for free from Nickelback’s official website.

Nickelback – Gotta Be Somebody Lyrics

This time, I wonder what it feels like
To find the one in this life, the one we all dream of
But dreams just aren’t enough
So I’ll be waiting for the real thing, I’ll know it by the feeling
The moment when we’re meeting, will play out like a scene
Straight off the silver screen
So I’ll be holding my own breath, right up ’til the end
Until that moment when, I find the one that I’ll spend forever with

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This is one of my favourite calendars! It’s full of colourful pictures and very useful advice on saving money and being a smart consumer. You can order as many copies as you need from this calendar (but don’t be too greedy so others can get a copy too).

This calendar does come every year and is definetly worth ordering for free.

Order your ENGLISH 2009 Smart Consumer Calendar Canada for free

Order your FRENCH 2009 Smart Consumer Calendar Canada for free

Note: After you register you STILL need to click on “Shopping Cart” on the left hand side and then click on check out and go through the whole check out process until you get a confirmation number. Otherwise it will not get shipped out.

Get a free 2009 Calendar entitled “Prayers of Praise Words of Hope” from the Christian Blind Mission International. This calendar did get mailed out last year so it does come. It’s a nice calendar with a noble cause although a bit depressing.

Click here to order your free Prayers of Praise Words of Hope 2009 Calendar Canada