Pacific Newspaper Group - The Province Contests

THE CONTEST IS INTENDED TO BE CONDUCTED IN CANADA ONLY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAW. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. PARTICIPANTS MUST BE OF THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA OR OLDER AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. VOID IN WHOLE OR PART WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONTEST RULES (THE “CONTEST RULES”).

1. ELIGIBILITY.
To be eligible for this Contest, an individual must:

be a legal resident of the Province of British Columbia; and

be nineteen (19) years of age or older at the time of entry.

Employees of The Province, a division of Canwest Publishing Inc. and Canwest Television Limited Partnership (collectively, the "Sponsors"), their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, judges of the Contest (if applicable) and the household members of any of the above, are not eligible to participate in the Contest.

The Sponsors shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to the Sponsors for the purpose of the Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. The Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant should such an entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.

2. CONTEST PERIOD.
The Contest begins at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (“PDT”) on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 and ends at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (“PST”) on Sunday, November 8, 2009 (the "Contest Period") after which time the Contest will be closed and no further entries shall be accepted.

3. HOW TO ENTER.

There is no purchase necessary to enter the Contest. Enter using any of the methods of entry outlined below. No entries will be accepted by any other means.

To enter by mail or in person, clearly print your name, complete mailing address including postal code, daytime telephone number age at time of entry, and if applicable and at your on discretion, your subscriber number to The Province on a plain piece of paper and submit it to the attention of “Lucky Locals Contest” c/o The Province, Suite. 1, 200 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3N3.

To enter online, complete and submit the entry for located at www.theprovince.com/perks (the “Contest Website”).

(b) Limit of one (1) entry per household during the Contest Period. In the case of multiple entries, only the first eligible entry will be considered.

(c) All entries become the sole property of the Sponsors and none will be returned for any reason. Entries must be received no later than the end of the Contest Period. Entries will be declared invalid if they are late, illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, mutilated, forged, garbled or mechanically or electronically reproduced. No communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants except with those selected for the Grand Prize (as defined below) or a Secondary Prize (as defined below).

(d) Entries submitted by mail must be received by the Sponsors no later than the end of the Contest Period, and must be in a separate outer envelope bearing sufficient postage.

(e) Entries received online shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the entry. For the purpose of the Contest Rules, “authorized account holder" of an e-mail address is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Each selected entrant may be required to provide the Sponsors with proof that the selected entrant is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning entry.

4. PRIZES.

Grand Prize. There is one (1) grand prize available to be won by the Grand Prize winner (“Grand Prize Winner”) consisting of:

Two (2) tickets for Grand Prize Winner and one (1) guest (“Guest”) to attend the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony on February 12, 2010; and

The Grand Prize has an approximate value of four hundred dollars (CDN $ 400.00).

Secondary Prizes. There are five (5) secondary prizes (each a “Secondary Prize”) available to be won by the Contest Secondary Prize winners (each a “Secondary Prize Winner”) consisting of:

Two (2) tickets for Secondary Prize Winner and one (1) Guest to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Preliminary Round Hockey game between Sweden and Germany on February 17, 2010.

Each Secondary Prize has an approximate retail value of two hundred dollars (CDN $200.00).

Grand Prize and Secondary Prizes are hereafter collectively referred to as “Prize” or “Prizes”. Grand Prize Winner and Secondary Prize Winners are hereafter collectively referred to as a “Winner” or “Winners”.

Winner is not entitled to monetary difference between actual Prize value and stated approximate Prize value, if any.

Winner may claim his/her Prize in Vancouver, British Columbia within two (2) days after Winner has been successfully contacted and notified of his/her Prize and fulfilled the requirements set out herein.

Winner and his/her Guest must be available to attend the events stated in the Prize on the dates outlined above. Should Winner and/or Guest be unable to participate on the dates and times designated by the Sponsors, the Prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Winner and Guest will be responsible for transportation to and from the event, gratuities, souvenirs, taxes, and any other expense not explicitly included in the Prize.

Guests must comply with the Contest Rules and sign and return the Release (described below).

Prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred, assigned, substituted, divided or redeemed for cash, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsors. Any unused portion of a Prize will be forfeited and have no cash value. The Sponsors reserve the right, in its and their sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if a Prize (or any portion thereof) cannot be awarded for any reason.

Shipped Prizes shall not be insured and the Sponsors shall not assume any liability for lost, damaged or misdirected Prizes.

5. WINNER SELECTION.

The five (5) Secondary Prize Winners and one (1) Grand Prize Winner shall be selected as follows:

On or about the dates listed below at 12:00 p.m. (noon) PST in Vancouver, British Columbia six (6) entrants will be selected by a random draw from all eligible entries received during the Contest Period as described in the following schedule:

Monday, November 9, 2009 – 1st Secondary Prize Winner;

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 -2nd Secondary Prize Winner;

Thursday, November 12, 2009 – 3rd and 4th Secondary Prize Winner;

Friday, November 13, 2009 – 5th Secondary Prize Winner; and

Monday, November 16, 2009 – Grand Prize Winner.

The odds of being selected as a potential winner are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received by the Sponsors. Before being declared a Winner, the selected entrant shall be required to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered in person or during a pre-arranged telephone call or by e-mail, to comply with the Contest Rules and sign and return the Release (described below).

EACH SELECTED ENTRANT WILL BE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE OR E-MAIL ON THE DATE THEY HAVE BEEN SELECTED ON OR ABOUT 4:00 P.M. PST AND MUST RESPOND WITHIN TWO (2) BUSINESS DAYS OF NOTIFICATION. Upon notification, the selected entrant must respond by telephone to the contact number provided in the notification, and the selected entrant’s response must be received by the Sponsors within two (2) business days of such notification. If the selected entrant does not respond in accordance with the Contest Rules, he/she will be disqualified and will not receive a Prize and another entrant may be selected in the Sponsors’ sole discretion until such time as an entrant satisfies the terms set out herein. The Sponsors are not responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a selected entrant to receive notification or for the Sponsors to receive a selected entrant’s response.

If, as a result of an error relating to the entry process, drawing or any other aspect of the Contest, there are more selected entrants than contemplated in these Contest Rules, there will be a random draw amongst all eligible Prize claimants after the Contest’s closing date to award the correct number of Prizes.

6. RELEASE.
Winners and Guests will be required to execute a legal agreement and release (“Release”) that confirms Winners’ and Guests’: (i) eligibility for the Contest and compliance with these Contest Rules; (ii) acceptance of the Prize as offered; (iii) release of each of the Sponsors and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and/or related companies and each of their employees, directors, officers, suppliers, agents, sponsors, administrators, licensees, representatives, advertising, media buying and promotional agencies (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, cost or expense arising out of participation in the Contest, participation in any Contest-related activity or the acceptance, use, or misuse of any Prize, including but not limited to costs, injuries, losses related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light, or from any and all claims of third parties arising therefrom; and (iv) grant to the Sponsors of the unrestricted right, in the Sponsors’ collective or individual discretion, to produce, reproduce, publish, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, exhibit, distribute, adapt and otherwise use or re-use the Winner’s and Guest’s name, photograph, likeness, voice and biography, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, in connection with the Contest and the promotion and exploitation thereof. The executed Release must be returned within two (2) business days of the verification as a Winner or the selected entrant will be disqualified and the Prize forfeited.

7. INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT.
By entering the Contest, entrant releases and holds Releasees harmless from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to the entrant or any other person, including personal injury, death, or property damage, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any Prize, participation in the Contest, any breach of the Contest Rules, or in any Prize-related activity. The entrant agrees to fully indemnify Releasees from any and all claims by third parties relating to the Contest, without limitation.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
The Sponsors assume no responsibility or liability for lost, late, unintelligible/illegible, falsified, damaged, misdirected or incomplete entries, notifications, responses, replies or any Release, or for any computer, online, software, telephone, hardware or technical malfunctions that may occur, including but not limited to malfunctions that may affect the transmission or non-transmission of an entry. The Sponsors are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest. The Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. The Sponsors are not responsible for any problems, failures or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, software, e-mail, players, or browsers, on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, at any website, or on account of any combination of the foregoing or otherwise. The Sponsors are not responsible for any injury or damage to entrant or to any computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Contest. Entrant assumes liability for injuries caused or claimed to be caused by participating in the Contest, or by the acceptance, possession, use of, or failure to receive any Prize. The Sponsors assume no responsibility or liability in the event that the Contest cannot be conducted as planned for any reason, including those reasons beyond the control of the Sponsors such as infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or corruption of the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, the Contest Website, and/or canada.com.

9. CONDUCT.
By participating in the Contest, each entrant agrees to be bound by the Contest Rules, which will be made available at the Contest Website and upon request by self-addressed, stamped envelope to “Lucky Locals Contest” c/o The Province, Suite. 1, 200 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3N3 during the Contest Period. Entrant further agrees to be bound by the decisions of the judges (if applicable) and Sponsors, which shall be final and binding in all respects. The Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant or Winner, including but not limited to, in the event any entrant or Winner is found to be: (a) violating the Contest Rules; (b) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest, the Contest Website (if applicable), or any canada.com website; (c) violating the terms of service, conditions of use and/or general rules or guidelines of any canada.com property or service; and/or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE CONTEST WEBSITE (IF APPLICABLE), CANADA.COM OR ANY RELATED WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. In the event the Prize includes an event, trip or other experience (the “Experience”),Winner and Guest (if applicable) must at all times behave appropriately when taking part in the Experience and observe the Contest Rules and any other rules or regulations in force. The Sponsors reserve the right to remove from the Experience or Prize, any Winner and/or Guest (if applicable) who breaks such rules and/or fails to behave appropriately and to disqualify such Winner and/or Guest (if applicable).

10. PRIVACY / USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

By participating in the Contest, entrant: (i) grants to the Sponsors the right to use his/her name, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address (“Personal Information”) for the purpose of administering the Contest, including but not limited to contacting and announcing the Winners; (ii) grants to the Sponsors the right to use his/her Personal Information for publicity and promotional purposes relating to the Contest, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, without further compensation unless prohibited by law; and (iii) acknowledges that the Sponsors may disclose his/her Personal Information to third-party agents and service providers of any of the Sponsors in connection with any of the activities listed in (i) and (ii) above.

By opting-in online you consent to The Province, a division of Canwest Publishing Inc. and any of its corporate affiliate’s use of your Personal Information to contact you to promote draws and contests similar to the Contest, promote opportunities to subscribe to newsletters or promotional clubs, and notify you about related products or services.

The Sponsors will use the entrant’s Personal Information only for identified purposes, and protect the entrant’s Personal Information in a manner that is consistent with the Canwest Global Communications Corp. Privacy Policy at: http://www.canwestglobal.com/privacy.asp.

11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
All intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source code, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by the Sponsors and/or their affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited. CANWEST is a trade-mark of Canwest Global Communications Corp., used under licence.

12. TERMINATION.
Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to terminate the Contest, in whole or in part, and/or modify, amend or suspend the Contest, and/or the Contest Rules in any way, at any time, for any reason without prior notice.

13. LAW.
These are the official Contest Rules. The Contest is subject to applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. The Contest Rules are subject to change without notice in order to comply with any applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws or the policy of any other entity having jurisdiction over the Sponsors. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Contest Rules or the rights and obligations as between the entrant and the Sponsors in connection with the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario including procedural provisions without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other jurisdiction’s laws.

14. LANGUAGE DISCREPANCY.
In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Contest Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including but not limited to the Contest entry form, or point of sale, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of the Contest Rules shall prevail, govern and control.