tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20910291797346204452011-07-07T17:06:03.300-04:00The Great Canadian Gift Company features thousands of Canadian products in two retail stores and an online shopping environment. Check out our blog to learn what is new and "hot" and link up to some "Great Canadian" recipes, tips and ideas.The Great Canadian Gift Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474201831938021019noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091029179734620445.post-27586736325501578002010-05-17T01:09:00.002-04:002010-05-17T01:10:12.895-04:00

The popularity of the Generation Line Timeless Collection of Outdoor Furniture  has been keeping us very busy  with online orders received from across the country.  We're pleased to offer FREE Shipping on this product to any address in Ontario with our always reasonable shipping prices for everywhere else.  This is an amazing deal that will help patios, decks, docks and backyards look colourful

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Here at The Great Canadian Gift Company, we're always trying to do our part to be eco-friendly, eco-concious and generally aware of our impact on the environment and our use of supplies and materials within our business.  One unique "green" program that we've developed is through our shipping department; we're pleased to use reclaimed boxes and packaging from select business partners when we're

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The Great Canadian Gift Company loves to celebrate Easter! At this time of year we're busy making and sending out Easter Baskets and Gift Boxes full of Easter Treats of all kinds.  We have specially themed baskets for the Gardener in your life, delicious Easter Chocolate and Chocolate themed Baskets (of course!), all kinds of Canadian treats like delicious Meringues in Easter Colours, Maple

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Inukshuks have become well known worldwide as a result of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. The Inukshuk, an Inuit "wayfinding symbol" has communicated a warm welcome to Olympic visitors both within the current Winter Olympic Logo as well as in person, with towering Stone Inukshuks welcoming visitors to key Olympic Venues in British Columbia. Traditional Inukshuk vary in shape and size, and

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It's out!Our 2009 Winter Season Holiday Brochure is out and being distributed far and wide. Featuring 22 unique Canadian Gift Baskets and Gift Ideas - the brochure offers gifts in 6 specific themes which means that there is truly something for every gift giving need and taste as well as a gift solution appropriate for every budget."The Cookie Monster" series has been an ongoing customer

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Now this is an amazingly useful product that you're going to want for yourself and will end up giving out as gifts! We've had a lot of inquiries in store and through the website about this unique Great Canadian product line.The Banana Guard is a unique, patented plastic case that carries and protects your banana - to work, to school, for a snack - the neatest little thing! It snaps closed

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Delectable Sleigh Ride" is the newest large gift basket that we're introducing for the coming winter season. We're putting the final touches on this year's Seasonal Brochure and this gorgeous basket brimming with fantastic Canadian Food Finds is featured on the front page. We thought we'd give you a "sneak peak"! The brochure will be distributed to businesses in private mailings in November

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Canada is famous for Icewine! Both the Provinces of British Columbia and Ontario excel at production of this special alcoholic beverage. Icewine is produced by picking grapes that are frozen on the vine, then pressing them before they thaw. Much of the water in the grapes is frozen so the resulting juice is concentrated and rich in flavor. Canada is the world's largest producer of

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The Candle Carver is one of those really useful home gadgets that you bring out again and again and again as there is a use for it in every season. It's a specially designed handle that allows you to drill/hollow out a hole in any hard fruit or vegetable for the purpose of placing a tea light in it! Very Cool! Use it on all manner of fall gourds, pumpkins and squash - bring it out again in

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We LOVE this new "onesie" we just got in the store! LOVE it!!!A picture is worth a thousand words and we don't need to explain anything about this fabulous new baby item except to say that it is fabulous, made of soft organic cotton and comes in several sizes. A great gift for any baby and ecologically concious new parents that you know ...

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The incredible Vinoglobe has been receiving rave reviews from Wine Lovers and enthusiasts the world over. We're pleased to be stocking the Vinoglobe - a decanter and wine server all in one! The Vinoglobe comes in a gift box with a bonus wine information booklet, ready for giving - at $15.99, we think it's a great gift!

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More photos of our popular Delux Knitwits Animal Hats.Check them all out on our website!

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This blog has been dormant for about 6 months but the sales of our Delux Knitwear Animal Hats and Mittens have continued to astound us! The Collingwood store sells out weekly and we've just managed to get a separate weekly delivery to supply our Ancaster location - unbelievable!Don't assume that these hats and mittens are for kids! While it's true, they look adorable on kids, most of our

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A menagerie of Canadian Wildlife in stock!!!We've been meaning to blog about the popularity of this product for the last week but we've been too busy filling orders! It's unbelievable how everyone wants a set of these adorable Animal Hats and Mittens from deLux Knitwear - we're getting email and phone inquiries hourly and the orders just keep coming in!We had a customer in our Ancaster store

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We're hoping to ease the February Chill in the air with an impromptu sale in our Ancaster location! Starting today (Friday February 20) until Saturday March 7, 2009 - The Great Canadian Gift Company will be offering 20% off of every product in the Ancaster Store!The truth is that we're really excited about our many new Great Canadian Product finds for Spring and as they start to arrive in our

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We were pleased to be able to answer that question this week! With President Obama visiting Canada this week for his meeting in Ottawa, Jimmy from Y103.9 FM Radio in London called our offices and talked to Glen about it. The main question being: "What would you include in a Gift Basket for Barack Obama if you were asked to present him with a Canadian Gift?" They had lots of on-air fun with

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Throughout the last four years of building our business, setting up two retail stores and building a successful online business - we've been connecting with our fans and customers in many ways ... now we're at the next stop, we've decided to develop a blog! This means that we'll be posting "breaking news" right here whenever it happens. Look here to find our announcements of new and exciting

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