Codie Prevost

Did you know Canada..  Canadian Codie Prevost has some big news..

CODIE PREVOST DRAWS SPECIAL ATTENTION AT THE CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (September 12, 2012) This past weekend’s Canadian Country Music Association Awards drew massive attention from country music fans all over North America. Indie music artist Codie Prevost, who grew up on a farm near Archerwill, Saskatchewan, not only had the honor of being nominated for Rising Star at the awards show for a second year running, but he was also selected to be that one special star to arrive on the event’s green carpet in a very unique way -- aboard a John Deere 9410R Tractor. John Deere, which is celebrating its 175th anniversary, was the green carpet sponsor of this year's awards program.

“This has been such a fun evening. I am so honored to be nominated for the ‘Rising Star’ award two years in a row. I have an amazing team, dedicated fans and am truly grateful for all the opportunities that have come my way. I’m a country boy through and through, and country music is such a big part of who I am”, says Prevost, enjoying the festivities at a CCMA after party.

Four time Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards “Entertainer of the Year” winner Codie Prevost, isn’t entirely new to the industry. His success thus far has seen him opening shows for the Oakridge Boys, Joe Nichols and Emerson Drive. He was invited to perform in Tours, France as part of the 2011 Country Rock Bike Festival and has been featured on ET Canada (YouTube). In 2011, with nearly 7,000 votes in his name, he won the 2011 CCMA Fanfest Contest which gave him the opportunity to perform at the 2011 CCMA FanFest in Hamilton alongside Terri Clark and Michelle Wright. Codie has performed the main stage at major country music festivals including Dauphin Countryfest, Craven Country Jamboree, VIEX and the Havelock Country Jamboree. At these events, he performed alongside such names as Reba, Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Wilson and Kevin Costner.

According to Jim Reynolds, Operation Manager at NL Broadcasting Ltd., Codie Prevost has many fans – all of whom love his music and his high-energy live performances. "Codie Prevost and his band hit it out of the park at Country 103's 2012 Summer Thunder concert in Kamloops! He really appreciates the love of his fans. His interaction with the fans before and after the concert proves that”, he says.

About Codie Prevost

Less than ten years ago, Codie Prevost started performing in small town bars for $100 a night. In 2004, he incorporated Codie Prevost Music and took out a small business loan to fund his first album, The Road Ahead.  The recording of this first album took place in Nashville and soon after its release, the debut CD won “Album of the Year” at the Saskatchewan Country Music Awards. In 2008, he recorded his second album called Spin 6-PAK Vol.1. A few short years later he recorded his third album Get Loud, in Vancouver, with help from producer Tom McKillip. Codie Prevost’s latest single “Last Night All Day” has hit the radio circuit and is presently on Country Music Television (CMT). Codie has four music videos on CMT, Last Night All Day, Honky Tonk Groupie, Standing Still, and Rolling Back To You. He is currently working on his fourth studio album to be released in 2013. Fans are eager to hear what the new album has to offer.

Special thanks to Evident Investigations, Codie’s Gold sponsor at the 2012 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.

Recipe Round Up! 09/14

Did you know Canada..  Back to School has meant a few extra stresses at home and not much time in the kitchen, but we do have 2 tasty recipes to share this week over at Canadian Moms Cook and will be back at it again next week!
  6 Week Raisin Bran Muffin Mix
  Fish Florentine
I encourage you to head on over to Canadian Mom Cooks where you will find some family tested recipes, food ideas, interesting food products and more.  Co-author Multi-Testing Mommy and I have been sharing some of our food adventures with our families over the past couple of months. Feel free to follow Canadian Moms Cook on Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook.

Terry Fox - 31 Years Ago Today

Did you know Canada..  31 years ago on today was the first every Terry Fox Run took place in Canada.

 In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Although the spread of his cancer eventually forced him to end his quest after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres, and ultimately cost him his life, his efforts resulted in a lasting, worldwide legacy. The annual Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in over 60 countries and is now the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research; over C$500 million has been raised in his name.

This Sunday September 16th is the annual Terry Fox Run. Get involved!

Visit http://www.terryfox.org/ for more information.


Source: Wikipedia, TerryFox.org

Future Shop - Video

Did you know Canada..  we thought we'd give you an inside peek at the Future Shop Home Theatre Event our Toronto Rep Faniya attended.

Do our pets have Back-to-School Blues?

Did you know Canada..  With the kids returning to school and Mom & Dad at work, pets are adjusting to being alone in the home again. This time of the year can be really hard on your pets.   Iams has some really helpful tips to ensure the transition is as easy as possible.


Skip the production – If your pet is giving you the “sad eyes” as you begin to jingle your keys and head for the door, it will be your natural instinct to shower them with love and affection to pacify their separation anxiety. However, for your pet, this only reinforces their emotional state. Instead of putting on a big show, give your pet a simple “See you later!” The same should be done when you return home.  We have really been working on this when my husband comes home from work, currently the dogs go ballistic!! At first it was a bit funny, but now it's just madness.

Tire them out – Before heading out for the day, ensure you take your dog on a minimum of a half hour walk, depending on the breed. This will help ensure your pets aren’t antsy while alone.  We make sure the dogs are in the backyard long enough in the morning while we are getting ready, then they get their long walk after dinner.

Stimulate the mind – In the morning, instead of feeding your pet from their regular bowl try using interactive food dispensing toys, which can be found in many major pet stores. Your cat or dog will have to try and figure out how to get the food out. This will not only keep them entertained, but will tire them out for the afternoon.  We've done this in the past with peanut butter, will have to look for one again!

Kitty and Doggie Daycare/Walkers – Pet day cares and dog walkers are a great alternative to keeping your pets busy and active. Whether you are hiring a walker or leaving your pet in a care center, you must make sure that you trust the people you are leaving your pet with. Do not be afraid to ask questions, check credentials and references.  I've heard of many people using dog walkers, I think it's a great idea, we used to take our dog to a doggie daycare.

TV and Music – Music helps calm the body and believe it or not that goes for your pets as well. Tune the radio to a classical station and keep the volume low as dogs and cats have very sensitive ears.  We often leave the TV on for background noise, I think it help the dogs not bark at every little noise as well.

Practice Patience – Getting over separation anxiety can be a big hurdle for you and your pet. For a while, your pet will truly believe that you are leaving forever.  With proper pet parent patience, your pet will soon regain the confidence that you will return. Practice makes perfect!  Great tip!

Walks are always great, but do not forgo the most important part of the day for your pet: playtime. Engage together in fun activities when you arrive back home. This will give your pet something fun to look forward to at the end of each day.

Do you have some upset furry friends at home this time of year?

For more pet care tips, remember to visit www.iams.ca or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/iams.

Winx Club Launch at Toys”R”Us

Did you know Canada..  we have another event update from Toronto Rep Faniya..

To celebrate the debut of WINX club in Canada and the largest & eye-catching WINX selection at Toys”R”Us  we were invited in August to Sherway Gardens’s store where more than 40 Toronto-based  girls magically transformed into WINX fairies.  

Even though we arrived a little bit late to the event we were able to catch this enchanted fairy land beauty.  Little WINX fairies were around us with magical wings from Bloom’s Winx Boutique. I saw girls taking dancing lessons in Musa’s Dance Studio. I visited Flora’s Fashionable Flip Flops Décor Studio to decorate footwear with other fairies. Stella’s Style Studio offered a magical makeover for little fairies:  makeup and mini manicures.  Plus mini cupcakes, pizza, watermelon treats.

We were very excited to check the largest assortment of WINX products.  Can you imagine how much beauty you can find at Toys”R”Us ?  Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, & Aisha, their pretty outfit and accessories.  

Faniya

Teddy Out-Ready

The Home Magazine - Home Comfort Giveaway!

Did you know Canada..  Starting today, September 10, 2012, it's your chance to win a humidifier, installed by Aire One Heating and Cooling.

 The Home Magazine is the only publication dedicated to home renovations and improvements. It is delivered directly to over 950,000 homes throughout South Central Ontario every issue!

The Home Magazine brings quality home improvers/renovators to your door 9 times per year and all are available at www.homeonline.ca 24/7.

For many years Ontarians have trusted Aire One Heating and Cooling for their comfort where they live, work, and play. Furnaces, Air Conditioners, Water Heaters, Fireplaces, Humidifiers, and Air Cleaners are some of the products that they sell, install, maintain, and service. Aire One is a well-recognized brand for home comfort quality service in the mid-western Ontario. Their offices are located within easy reach for the residents of this region in Markham, Hamilton, Mississauga, Kitchener, Waterloo, Whitby, Newmarket, Barrie, Toronto, and London, Ontario.

Don’t miss your chance to win and improve your indoor home comfort. Home Magazine is celebrating the Great Canadian Renovation Season with Aire One and 15 of our nation's most fabulous bloggers!!!

How to Enter Today!

The more social media profiles you like, the more chances you have to win this fantastic prize. We can't wait to show you what we have in store for the remainder of the year!  Good Luck Canada!

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Central Alberta Steeped Tea Ronald McDonald Fundraiser

Did you know Canada..  we have a very special guest post to share today from Randa who is raising money for the Ronald McDonald House® Central Alberta.

  My husband and I called the House home back in March when I had my son six weeks and a day early. If it wasn't for the house I would have further physically and mentally drained. I wouldn't have been able to be with him, in the NICU, sixteen to eighteen hours a day; and I'm certain that we wouldn't have been able to come home as soon as a month after his birth. 

The day he was discharged, at RMH for dinner and Bingo!

A lot of people associate the Ronald McDonald House® with the McDonald's restaurants. The House is not owned or operated by McDonald's.  They do contribute approximately 10% each year to the annual budget. The House is actually ran by amazing staff and volunteers, 24 hours a day. Volunteers are everywhere. They clean, check you in, come in and bake some amazing treats. There are also volunteer groups that will come in and do delicious dinners. I cannot forget about the people who come in and volunteer their time hosting scrap-booking and card-making classes, Rooster the dog, hosting yoga classes and much MUCH more.    To keep costs down at The House the guests are to clean up after themselves, do their laundry and when it is time to check it they wash their linens, tidy, and sweep and mop their room. I liked this, it kept me in a routine. Similar to one I would have at home (just not as much). 

The House has a special room called the Magic Room and when there is a special day: discharged, birthday, last cancer treatment, etc the child is taken up to pick out a surprise. I was in awe with this room. I mean, look at it - wow.   After staying at the House for month, I witnesses all the hard work and love that it takes to run the Ronald McDonald House® Central Alberta, but I am also aware that it takes money.    That is why throughout the months of September and October I am fundraising with Steeped Tea & Accessories for the House and I need all the help I can get. Here's how you can get invloved:
Purchase a Fundraising Pack:  For $20 ($23 outside of Alberta, unless you get a friend or order two or more) you receive the following of choice:

This campaign ends on October 31. Unless I have a large order at the end of September, I will submit the order then and the customer will receive product within the first two weeks of November. If I receive an order from out of the Red Deer/Drumheller/Camrose/Edmonton area, I will submit the order that week.

 

Help Me Campaign:

I will send you an order form and you can take it to your work, to your friends or go door to door with the kids while on your walk. Get their information, what pack they want, how many and if they are paying by cash or cheque. You will then e-mail the info, send the money VIA EMT or PayPal.

Buy From My Shop: 

During the month of October 50% of my sales will be donated to the House. You can shop at http://mysteepedtea.com/randaderkson. OR if you order this month, just leave RMH in the comments and I will put 50% aside.

Thank you everyone for their support. To contact me about any of this and to order a fundraising pack here is my information:

Randa Derkson

randeric@telus.net 

http://mysteepedtea.com/randaderkson

http://facebook.com/StettlerSteepedTea

Or you can always find out more at my blog, The Bewitchin' Kitchen.

2012 Holiday Gift Guide

Did you know Canada..  we got the kids back to school and you know what it's time to start planning for, the Holidays!!

If Costco and some other stores have anything to say about it, we should already have half our presents wrapped..haha..


Did you know Canada? ran a fabulous gift guide last year, featuring many amazing products available to Canadians, we know many of our readers made some great finds through our site and got some great deals with those companies running promotions with us as well!

We would love to hear from companies again this year - small and large, and be introduced to some amazing products for the whole family; the WHOLE family, including pets, grandparents and something better than a tie for Dad..haha..  remember, we have a new baby on the way just after Christmas too, so would love to hear what's hot for newborns and little ones this year!!!

Please email us at didyouknowcanada@gmail.com or fill out our sign-up form here and be part of Did you know Canada's 2012 Holiday Gift Guide!!!

Future Shop Home Theatre Event

Did you know Canada.. Toronto Rep Faniya attended another fantastic Future Shop event for us, see how it went..

If you like our Future Shop series we have a new report from Home Theatre Event happened in Toronto this August. With upcoming holiday season and colder weather outside it is nice to spend some time at home and enjoy movies with surround sound and a large screen thanks to Future Shop’s Home Theatre products that bring a truly cinematic experience to our living rooms.

During the showcase the best manufactures like LG, Logitech, Marantz, Pioneer, Samsung, Sony, ConnectPro and many others (3 huge rooms) presented their incredible products and innovative features in home entertainment.

So the first group is SmartTVs that become comparable to a smartphone with Internet, apps, social media, games, movies and TV programs.  You can watch TV, browse the Internet and check sports results.  So everything starts with a homepage where you can choose what you like to do – watch a movie, TV program, open your Facebook, tweet or check the upcoming event using a sophisticated remote like Sony’s with remote control features on one side and a keyboard on the other or LG’s Magic Remote.

As an example is LG 60" 1080p 120Hz LED Smart TV (60LS5700) featured Full HD resolution, 120Hz refresh rate technology,  Wi-Fi and DLNA wireless capabilities and HDMI, Ethernet, USB, and PC connectivity options or LG 42" 1080p 120Hz LED Smart TV (42LS5700-UA) that provides viewers with incredible picture performance and endless entertainment options, only use your Magic Remote Control.

Amazing Samsung 50" 1080p 60Hz LED Smart TV (UN50EH5300FXZC) with outstanding picture quality and Skype;  TV that can interact with other Samsung products. You can connect to TV with your Samsung Galaxy, look through albums, choose photo or document and send it to the printer or turn on your washing machine or a dryer using the Samsung Smart Washer/Dryer app. 

And what an entertainment without amazing sounds, so I was really excited to learn about Marantz, the company that has been creating incredible audio systems for over 50 years. During the showcase they presented their products and one of them is Marantz 700-Watt 7.2 Channel Network Receiver (SR5007) having 7.2 audio channels with discrete power amplifiers and 700 Watts (RMS) of power to deliver an unforgettable listening experience, plus multi-room feature lets you watch a movie in one room while listening to music in another. Marantz Remote App is free for download and makes it possible to control the receiver from your Apple iOS or Android device.

Pioneer also gave us an opportunity to discover their amazing products, including Pioneer 980-Watt 7.1 Channel Network Receiver (VSX-1022-K) with support for high-definition audio formats, including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio delivering loud, clear, powerful and vivid sounds.  Free Pioneer app turns your smartphone into a powerful remote control for the receiver plus the ability to play music directly from your devices in wifi network.

So these are just some of the products in Home Theatre category, for more information you can always check Future Shop web site or just drop by your nearest Future Shop store.  Their professional staff is always ready to help you with home theatre products, created with only with one purpose to give us a perfect home entertainment experience.

Faniya

Teddy Out-Ready