A Safe New Years
It’s New Years Eve and it’s time to get back home safety. So why not use the local transit service ? Many of them are free !
- Halifax Area
- Laval
- Ottawa Area
- Peterborough
- Oshawa Area
- Toronto Area
- Go Transit in Toronto Area
- Mississauga
- London Area
- Kitchener/Waterloo Area
- Sudbury
- Winnipeg
- Regina (pdf file)
- Moose Jaw (8:15pm-5:15am)
- Saskatoon
- Prince Albert (pdf file)
- Edmonton
- Prince George
- Vancouver Area
- Victoria Area
Check your local transit service for information.
Looking For Gift Cards ?
I’ve listed a bunch of offers on my Gift Card Guide For Canadians, which can be accessed by clicking here. Enjoy.
Columbia House To Return ?
Apparently the investor that purchased the remnants of Columbia House for US$1.5 million has told The Wall Street Journal that he is planning on reviving the club to take advantage of the resurgence of vinyl.
Filmed Entertainment Inc. had filed for Chapter 11 protection on August 10th, 2015 and has had some of their assets purchased by John Lippman, the CEO of Filmed Entertainment Inc.
Details on the new version of the club are light but a site will be appearing at columbiahouserecordclub.com in 2016, although I seriously doubt Canadians will be able to take advantage of any initial offer.
Goodbye Rdio.
Rdio will be discontinuing their services on December 22nd, 2015 in order to merge with Pandora. But unfortunately Canadians will not be able to use Pandora “due to licensing constraints”.
A listing of other music services can be found by clicking here.
Warning To Internet Explorer/Edge Users
Microsoft recommends that you update to the latest version as soon as possible because of a potential security issue.
Older versions of Internet Explorer prior to 11 will also not be supported as of January 12th, 2016.
Shipping Deadlines
Today is the last day to ship regular parcels out to Canadian addresses for December 24th, according to Canada Post. And the last day to send a parcel Xpresspost or Priority is on December 22nd, conservatively, although I would do it on or prior to December 21st myself.
You will also have until December 17th to send out cards/gift cards by regular letter mail, December 18th if its destination is within the province. But Amazon.ca
December 17th would likely also be the last day to get physical gift cards shipped from chapters.indigo.ca and Sears.ca
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The above mentioned retailers also send gift cards by email, if it’s more of your thing or you happened to have forgotten, along with iTunes Canada and Newegg.ca.