Comic Cons This Weekend

There are quite a few comic conventions this weekend, including two weekend long Anime conventions in Edmonton and Vancouver that are starting on Friday the 9th of August, 2024. And several day long comic conventions in Ontario, namely Orillia, Orangeville, Ottawa and Vaughan:

Animathon 2024 will be held at the Edmonton Convention Center tomorrow to Sunday, the 11th.

Day passes are pretty much sold out online but general admission will be available at the venue, which is a five minute walk from Central Station and also serviced by multiple bus routes by Edmonton Transit.

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Anime Revolution 2024 will also be an all weekend event but will be hosted by the Vancouver Convention Center, which is serviced by the Vancouver Ferry Terminal and Waterfront Station on Translink.

Three day passes are still available and daily passes differ in price. Click here for additional information.

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The Orillia Comicon will be hosted by the Roller Skating Place in Severn, Ontario from 10am to 3pm on Saturday, August 10th, 2024.

Admission is $5 or free for kids 10 and under. But unfortunately, this is a remote venue so the nearest bus stop is 20 minutes away, on Murphy Road (at Highway 12), and there doesn’t appear to be a sidewalk from this stop to the venue.

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The Vaughan Con will also occur on Saturday, the 10th of August 2024, and will be held at the Bellvue Manor from 10am to 5pm. But you should note that you have until the end of today, the 8th, to get a $20 pass (click here for details).

Admission will be free for kids 12 and under (if accompanied by an adult) but admission will be going up on the 9th. And the nearest bus stops are 3818 and 6346, which is service by Route 020 on York Region Transit.

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The Orangeville ComiCon will be held from 10am to 3pm om Sunday, the 11th of August 2024 at the Orangeville Curling Club.

Advanced ticket and VIP ticket packages are still available by clicking here, but a $5 admission will be available at the venue, with kids under 12 getting in for free. And yes, the venue is serviced by the Green route on Orangeville Transit, which I believe may still be free.

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The Capital Trade Show will again be held at the Nepean Sportsplex, this time from 10am to 3pm on Sunday, August 11th, 2024. And admission will be free.

The nearest bus stops to the venue are bus stop numbers 1652 and 1683, which are serviced by multiple major routes on OC Transpo.

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Note that cash may be preferable at these events. Enjoy.

August 8th, 2024 Comments Off on Comic Cons This Weekend Consumer Information, Events Rob McIntyre

Two Comicons This Weekend

Montreal’s largest communion convention, Otakuthon, will occur from the 2nd to 4th of August, 2024 at the Palais Des Congrès de Montréal.

Admission is obtained onsite (click for details here) and this venue has its own Metro Station, Station Place-d’Armes, whose Level 1 entrance has an ATM.

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The Sudbury Comicon will be held on Saturday the 3rd of August 2024 at the Northbury Hotel & Conference Center from 10am to 4pm.

Admission will be $5 and free for kids 12 and under. And a trip planner exists on the city’s official transit website.

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Note that cash may be preferable at these events. Enjoy.

July 30th, 2024 Comments Off on Two Comicons This Weekend Consumer Information, Events Rob McIntyre

No major events this weekend, but…

Unfortunately it looks like nothing is happening this weekend when it comes to record conventions or Comic conventions. But at least we now know all four hobbits will be at the Ottawa Comicon in September, along with Monty Python‘s own John Cleese and Mr. T-1000 himself, Robert Patrick.

Shawn Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan and Elijah Wood will host “An Evening in the Shire with the Four Hobbits” on September 7th, 2024 at 8pm at the EY Center, which is of course located next to the Ottawa/Macdonald–Cartier International Airport and serviced by three major bus routes, Route 97, Route 99 and Route 197.

The two nearest hotels to this venue are also at the airport, the Hilton Garden Inn and the Fairmount Inn & Suites Ottawa Airport, which are a 12 minute walk away from the venue. But three additional hotels can be found a short, four minute drive up Uplands Drive, the Holiday Day Inn Express & Suites, Hampton Inn by Hilton and Homewood Suites by Hilton, which are serviced by Route 197.

You should note that Route 197 is a bit of a milk route but it brings people to the venue’s doors within 33 minutes and is safer that walking down the stretch of Uplands Drive in-between the venue and the hotels, which has no sidewalk and very little lighting.

Safety first!

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By the way, the 5,000 PC Optimum Points bonus on $50 Google Play gift card purchases at participating Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix stores will end on Friday, July 26th, 2024 and these points will be added to your account 2 to 4 weeks later.

July 24th, 2024 Comments Off on No major events this weekend, but… Consumer Information, Events Rob McIntyre

This Weekends Events

There will be a pop up vinyl event in Kitchener, Ontario on Saturday and a Comicon event in Orillia, Ontario on Sunday:

The Kitchener Vinyl Market will be held at the Rabbid Fox Tavern from 11AM to 4PM on the 20th of July, 2024 and admission will be a donation to Strong Start Waterloo.

The nearest bus stops to this venue are bus stops 2052 and 2053, which are serviced by Grand River Transit, whose site does have a travel planner.

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The Cottage CountryCon 2024 on the 21st of July, 2024 at the Best Western Plus Mariposa Inn & Conference Centre from 10am to 5pm.

Admission information to this event can be found by clicking here. And in regards to public transit, the nearest bus stops to the venue are serviced by the Georgian route on Orillia Transit.

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Please note that cash may be preferable at these events so you may want to find out where the nearest ATMs are to these venues. And by the way, Prime Day is still active at Amazon.ca and similar offers on some products are also available at Best Buy Canada until midnight today, Pacific Time, which is 3am Eastern.

Enjoy

July 17th, 2024 Comments Off on This Weekends Events Consumer Information, Events Rob McIntyre

Prime Day Has Begun

It’s midnight Pacific time and that means Prime Day has begun at Amazon.ca.

Personally, I look for deals on CDs/Vinyl and Blurays first and then browse my wish list to see if anything i’ve added there dropped in price. But you should note that deals will be offered randomly throughout today and tomorrows so it may be worth your while to pop into Amazon.ca every six hours or so.

What i’ve observed it that the majority of savings are in their miscellaneous Amazon Basic products, which can be quite useful, Amazon devices like the Fire branded tablets, televisions and streaming devices, and Blink indoor and outdoor games and doorbells. But I also like to browse their electronics store deals.

I believe a free month of Amazon Prime is currently being offered to new members and the $9.99 (plus taxes) monthly fee may be worth it if you are considering a big ticket item. But other offers are also being added to sweeten the deal, like a free 12 month Doordash Dashpass membership, on top of the usual subscriptions to the Amazon Music and Prime Video streaming services, Prime Reading eBook service and Prime Gaming, which includes access to Twitch.

As i’ve mentioned in my previous blog entry, students ages 19 to 24 can also received an extended free tryout period, an additional 50% discount on membership and deals on products students use, which is also quite useful for parents with kids off to college and university.

By the way, the aforementioned Doordash Dashpass membership offer is available to all current members as well, until 06/06/2025. And you should keep an eye out for discounted Doordash Gift Cards at your local grocery, pharmacy and gas stations, or bonus loyalty point offers given with the purchase of these gift cards at those retailers.

On a side note, new Prime members should know that Air Miles members can get 50 Bonus Air Miles by renting discounted films at Prime Video via airmilesshop.ca until the end of the 17th of July.

Enjoy.

July 16th, 2024 Comments Off on Prime Day Has Begun Consumer Information, Events Rob McIntyre

Prime Day Is Coming (July 16th-17th)

I believe an offer for a free 30 day Amazon Prime membership should be available to new members at Amazon.ca today, the 15th of July, 2024. And Prime Student is also available free for six months for students aged 19 to 24, with a special deal for students in the province of Quebec.

Prime Members who also like to stream music also have an option for Amazon Music Unlimited, which will be free for 5 months instead of one until the end of Prime Day, or 3 months for free for individuals that aren’t subscribe to Amazon Prime.

July 15th, 2024 Comments Off on Prime Day Is Coming (July 16th-17th) Consumer Information, Events, Music Technology Rob McIntyre