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January 20 Update: Additional confirmed Cobalt multipliers and PC Optimum offering 30,000 bonus points for $100 Shoppers Drug Mart spend + MORE Jan 20th

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your daily dose (or near daily dose) of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. This update is brought to you by the HSBC World Elite Mastercard which is currently offering a welcome bonus of up to 100,000 bonus points.... More »
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$25 welcome bonus returns on Neo Mastercards, earn 2x stamps on Hotels dot com app bookings & earn 100 bonus AIR MILES at Sobeys + MORE Jun 24th

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. Today's update is brought to you by the Scotiaank Gold American Express Card which you can earn up to 45,000 bonus Scene+ Rewards points in your first year wit.... More »

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November 19 Update: Air Canada/Aeroplan systems back up and running, more confirmed American Express multipliers & save up to 20% at Delta Hotels in Canada + MORE Nov 20th

Air Canada and Aeroplan's websites are back up and running after their reservation system migration that started yesterday and ran into today.  A couple more additions have been made to our Confirmed Cobalt Multipliers page. Of note, Bar Burrito which is growing quickly across Canada is now o.... More »

RWRDS Daily Update – June 2, 2023 + MORE Jun 3rd

HSBC extends all their credit card welcome offers, Ten new additions to our Amex Cobalt Multipliers list and This week in RWRDS airs today! Check out today's points & miles updates here: The post RWRDS Daily Update – June 2, 2023 appeared first on Rewards Canada..... More »
Owners of the Aeroplan loyalty program have struck a deal with online retailing giant Amazon that will enable the former’s five million members in Canada earn reward points while shopping online.

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Jagmeet Singh should ask, ‘What would Thomas D’Arcy McGee do?’Thomas D’Arcy McGee and Jagmeet Singh (Photo credit: William Notman / Wikimedia Commons and Jennifer Roberts)
In a speech in the House of Commons in fall of 1867, during the very first session of Parliament after Confederation, Thomas D’Arcy McGee trained his famous oratorical ire on a St. Patrick’s Society meeting held in Montréal, his home city. McGee was outraged that the names and portraits of Fenians, the era’s Irish revolutionaries, were displayed on the walls, and warned that the radicals might bring violence to Canadian cities. A political rival later accused him of casting “a burning stigma on the Irishmen of Montréal for the sake of building himself up.”
Anybody following Canadian politics these days will immediately catch the present-day resonance. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has lately been embroiled in controversy, largely for participating in Sikh activist meetings where pictures of militant leaders were on show. Singh says he rejects all terrorism, but doesn’t apologize for having spoken at gatherings that venerated figures associated with separatist violence, particularly leaders of the movement to carve a Sikh state out of India that was most active in the 1980s…

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A leading Canadian bank economist is pouring cold water on a recent report that sounded alarms about mounting credit risks to Canada’s banking system.

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On this week's Podcast - An interview with Scotiabank about their new No Foreign Transaction Fee Passport Visa Infinite CardContinuing on the hot topic of No Foreign Transaction Fee credit cards, this episode of the Rewards Canada podcast is an interview with Scotiabank’s Brett Mooney, Senior Vice President, Credit Cards. Brett and Jeff discuss the launch of the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite card and look at some of the reasoning behind this new card and why Scotiabank took the leap to be the first major Canadian credit card issuer to offer a No FX fee card.Click Here to download the podcast  Or download/subscribe via: Links to this week’s topic: Introducing the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card – a strong well rounded no foreign transaction fee travel rewards credit card You can find this and all our other Rewards Canada Round Up Podcast Episodes here

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Aeroplan Members will soon be able to earn miles at Amazon.caSome good news from the fine folks at Aeroplan this week which is needed after the news of the breakup with Esso last week. Starting late in April, Aeroplan members will be able to earn miles for shopping online at Amazon.ca. Here are some excerpts from today’ press release:Starting April 24, 2018, Aeroplan Members who visit Amazon.ca through Aeroplan.com, will be able to earn at least 1 Aeroplan Mile for every $1 dollar spent.Aeroplan status members will earn even more miles when shopping at Amazon.ca.  Members with silver and black status will earn up to 2x the miles while members with diamond status receive up to 3x the miles per transaction. How it works:Aeroplan Members simply visit aeroplan.com/estore; Using the search function on the page, find Amazon.ca; Enter your Aeroplan Number and last name; Click on the ‘Shop Now’ button to be redirected to Amazon.ca.  Happy shopping!  Members will earn a minimum of 1 Aeroplan Mile per $1 spent.For me I like this news, my family does shop a lot via Amazon…

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