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Newsletter - August 2005


In this issue:


Caption Contest July winner

Congratulations to Bonnie Humphrey of North Bay, ON who submitted the winning caption to our Funny Caption Contest for the month of July. Bonnie wins a pair of Toronto Blue Jays baseball tickets. Thanks to all who participated and please feel free to play in our August Funny Caption Contest, currently underway, for your chance to win a Spormart $20 Gift Certificate! To see the winning caption for July and to enter our current contest, click here:
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A few sites added...

This is the longest hottest summer I've ever experienced! But I'm not complaining because soon enough we'll be complaining about the cold winter. We added 10 new sites within the past month. The websites added during the month of July include intelligent toys, hotel reservations online, discount designer clothing, Trans Canada Trail's official merchandise website, air and water products, free phone calls over the internet, and much more. Here are details on each site added:

Brain Waves Toys is the Intelligent ToyStore. Science Toys, Educational Toys, Intelligent Toys - Canada’s best selection of Science Kits, Rockets, Construction Toys, Electronic Kits, Chemistry sets, Brain Teasers, Games and Just Plain Fun!
Visit their site now

Hotel Pronto is all about discounted hotels the easy way! Search for the best hotel deals on the internet and conveniently select to display prices in Canadian Dollars right there on the search page.
Visit their site now

ClothesAndThings.com offer new and nearly new items - almost all department store, boutique and designer items - at a fraction of retail - up to 80% off! They offer a consignment service also for your items if you wish to showcase them.
Visit their site now

Trans Canada Trail's official website offers trail guidebooks, greeting cards, calendars, maps, clothing, and more. Proceeds from the sale of these items will be used to help build the Trail in your Province/Territory. So order now!
Visit their site now

Scanning Pens Limited provides portable scanning and state-of-the-art recognition technologies with 25 language products and 40 proprietary databases to the linguistic, educational and IT markets.
Visit their site now

Skype is a little program for making free phone calls over the internet to anyone, anytime, anywhere all over the world and it's so easy to setup! The calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption.
Visit their site now

Blackmask Online is the web's lowest-price commercial ebook retailer. They have the largest library ever assembled on DVD. Some DVDs contain 12,000 book titles in the format of your choice like PDF, PRC, MS Reader, eBook.
Visit their site now

Air And Aqua's motto says it all... "Presenting the Best Water filters and Air Purification Products for You, your Family and your Business!". Select Canadian Dollars on the bottom left of the page.
Visit their site now

InstanteStore can assist you in literally creating your ecommerce store with built in shopping cart software within minutes just by pointing & clicking and starting your own affiliate program and recruiting affiliates immediately.
Visit their site now

Cassiopeia Web Designs offers professional web design and e-commerce solutions, along with free and affordable web hosting packages, mySql database development, search engine optimization, domain name registration and more.
Visit their site now


New promotions and special offers...

Abebooks has millions of new and used textbooks for college and university from 13,000 booksellers offering amazing discounts for the price-conscious student. Register on their site in order to see Canadian pricing.
Click here for details

All Seasons Mall has several products on sale where you'll save up to 40% or more on several unique items such as bed and bath, barware, glassware, gift baskets, electrical appliances, furnishings, gifts, etc.
Click here for details

NCIX is featuring a Mid-Summer's Madness Sale where you'll save up to 87% off several products. Hurry, sale ends on August 9th or while quantities last.
Click here for details

Main Street Megastore is offering Disney merchandise from around the world at up to 50% off or more. They have almost 900 items on sale!
Click here for details

SoftMoc is featuring their Seasonal Clearance Sale where you can Save Up To 50% on selected sandals, including Columbia, Rockport, Clark's, Tommy Hilfiger, and more!
Click here for details

PlayCentric is currently offering free shipping on DVDs and CDs. In addition, check out their Bargain Basement pricing and their daily specials.
Click here for details

Spokes Plus has several cycling and fitness products on sale where you'll save up to 60% off. Click on the Specials link.
Click here for details

PaintballGear.ca has a few products on sale where you'll save up to 40% off paintball guns and accessories and you'll also receive free shipping on orders over $100.
Click here for details

M&M Meatshops has a printable coupon from their website for a free Mini Éclairs for spending $40 or more at any of their stores. Coupon expires August 31st.
Get your coupon here


Contests expiring this month...

Here’s a list of online contests we’ve found that Canadians can enter:

Canadian Living Christmas in November Contest - Win one of 2 trips for 2 to Jasper Park, AB, including airfare, 3 nights accommodation, meals, and more. Québec residents can enter. Contest ends on August 8th.
Enter online here

Tide to Go / East Side Mario's Contest - Win a trip for 2 to New York City, New York, including airfare, 2 nights accommodation, and spending money. Québec residents can enter. Contest ends on August 8th.
Enter online here

Family's "Hilary Duff Most Wanted” Contest - Win a trip for 3 to New York City, New York, including airfare, 3 nights hotel accommodation, access to Hilary Duff's performance for the Today Show on August 18, 2005, and spending money. Québec residents can enter. Contest ends on August 9th.
Enter online here

Dose "Slam City Jam" Contest - Win a trip for 2 to Vancouver, BC, including airfare, 2 nights hotel accommodation, two tickets to Slam City Jam, spending money, and more. Sorry, no Québec entries. Contest ends on August 17th.
Enter online here

Dose "Sin City" Contest - Win a trip for 2 to Las Vegas, Nevada, including airfare, 3 nights hotel accommodation, and more. Sorry, no Québec entries. Contest ends on August 19th.
Enter online here

Nissan Style Shifts Into High Gear Contest - Win stylish items for your home worth $2,000! Québec residents can enter. Contest ends on August 22nd.
Enter online here

Band-Aid Stuck on Family Adventure Contest - Win one of three trips for 4 people and get to choose from 13 great Canadian travel adventure packages or win one of 100 secondary prizes. Québec residents can enter. Contest ends on August 31st.
Enter online here

Kotex “Real Girlfriends” Contest - Win a trip for 2 to New York City, New York, including airfare, 3 nights hotel accommodation, and spending money. Sorry, no Québec entries. Contest ends on August 31st.
Enter online here

SCJ 2005 Bob Izumi Fishing Contest - Win one of 10 One-day Fishing Trips with Bob Izumi, including return bus transportation for one from Toronto to Bark Lake, meals and two (2) nights accommodation. Québec residents can enter. Contest ends on August 31st.
Enter online here

Mitsubishi Ultimate Adrenalin Adventure Contest - Win a trip for 2 to one of 4 destinations of your choice such as South Africa, Las Vegas, South America or New Zealand. Québec residents can enter. Contest ends on August 31st.
Enter online here

GiftFinder.ca Caption Contest – Enter a funny caption for your chance to win a Sportmart $20 Gift Certificate! Contest expires on August 31st.
Enter online once daily here

Linens 'N Things Destination Dorm Back To School Sweepstakes - Win a Segway Human Transporter or one of nine $500 Linens 'N Things Gift Cards. Sorry, no Québec entries. Contest ends on September 3rd.
Enter online here


Awesome freebies...

Freebies come and go very quickly on the internet, so best to take advantage of the ones that interest you as soon as possible. If the link is broken, the promotion is over... move on to the next one. If you request a free sample and never receive it, don't lose sleep over it; these things happen.

Jean Coutu is offering more free samples! This time around, every envelope mailed out will contain two or three samples of Marc Anthony curl defining lotion or Keri Botanicals sensitive skin. Offer is only valid until September 15th or while quantities last. Free sample delivery is restricted to residents of Québec, New Brunswick and Ontario.
Click here for details

Sequel Naturals free sample request - Receive three free sample pouches (one of each flavour) of Vega meal replacement for your trial. Just email them at vegaoffer@sequelnaturals.com or call toll-free at 1-866-839-8863.

Ocean Spray is offering you a free Summerlicious Smoothies Recipe Booklet which includes $2 in Ocean Spray coupons. While at their site, enter their contest to win one of several prizes!
Click here for details

Lysol is giving away a free full-size sample of their Toilet Bowl Cleaner while supplies last, up to a retail value of $4.00.
Click here for details

Lady Dutch is sending out free notepads just for the asking. Once on the site, click on Campaign, then click on the green salamander.
Click here for details

Little Tikes is mailing out free samples of their new Snug 'n Cozy diapers, while supplies last and you get to select the size of diaper to try.
Click here for details

Electrasol wants to give you a free trial of their 3 in 1 Tabs with Jet-Dry Powerball automatic dishwashing detergent, just for filling out a brief survey.
Click here for details

Herbalife International of America will send you a free sample of new Liftoff effervescent energy drink tablet which you add to 8oz of cool water.
Click here for details

TOSaway is offering free samples of their new Disinfecting Wipes product which has proven to be effective against E-Coli, Salmonella and 99.9% of many bacterias found on surfaces.
Click here for details

Much Music is giving away free Bic Atlantis Pens and your name automatically gets entered into a contest to win 1 of 25 backpacks.
Click here for details

Citytv and Warner Bros. is presenting free movies under the stars at the CHUMCity Building, 299 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON. This year's lineup features A Mighty Wind on August 10th at 9pm and Analyze That on August 17th at 9pm.
Click here for details


In closing...

The goal of GiftFinder.ca is to make it easier for Canadian shoppers wanting to purchase goods online to find everything they want from our site, including freebies, contests and discounts. THIS SITE IS FOR YOU! If you know of a reputable Canadian website that has products listed in Canadian dollars, or if you find cool freebies, contests or rebates, please send us an email at webmaster@GiftFinder.ca and we'll post it online or in our next newsletter. Thanks.


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Dan
Webmaster
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