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Canada’s Wonderland Lumberjack and Flying Canoe Contest Rules

THESE RULES ARE THE STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE
CONTESTS AND GIVEAWAYS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “CONTESTS”, EACH A “CONTEST”)
ADMINISTERED BY GLOBAL TORONTO. THE CONTESTS ARE INTENDED TO BE
CONDUCTED IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO ONLY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND
EVALUATED ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAW. NO PURCHASE IS
NECESSARY. VOID IN WHOLE OR IN PART WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. ENTRY IN THE
CONTESTS CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONTEST RULES (THE “CONTEST
RULES”).

1. ELIGIBILITY.

To be eligible for this Contest, an individual must:
(a) be a legal resident of, and the age of majority in, the province of Ontario;

(b) if applicable, be the sole owner of all right, title and interest (including copyright) in and
to the Work (as defined below) submitted in connection with the Contest; and

(c) if applicable, have a valid Facebook, Twitter or Instagram account at the time of entry.
Employees of Corus Television Limited Partnership, by its general partner Corus Television G.P.
Inc., together with its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, related and associated companies, successors,
assigns, licensees, and any programming service/network owned, operated and controlled by
Corus Entertainment Inc. (collectively, “Corus”) related advertising and promotional agencies
and Contest prize providers (all such entities being individually and collectively referred to
hereafter as the “Sponsors”), a person who has been confirmed as a winner of two (2) Corus
administered contests within six (6) months preceding the indicated Contest start date and/or a
household member of any of the above are not eligible to enter or participate in the Contests
unless otherwise specified by Corus.
The Sponsors shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to
participate in the Contests. 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
Contests 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 PERIODS.

Each Contest entry period (each a “Contest Period”) shall start and end
as announced: (i) on Global Toronto newscasts (the “Program”); (ii) as indicated on
http://www.globalnews.ca/toronto (the “Contest Website”); and/or (iii) as indicated on Global Toronto
social media platforms, after which time the Contest will be closed and no other entries shall be
accepted.

3. HOW TO ENTER.

(a) There is no purchase necessary to enter a Contest. To enter prior to the end of an
applicable Contest Period, watch the Program daily, (with the exception of statutory
holidays), log-in to Facebook and visit the “Global Toronto” Facebook page
(https://www.facebook.com/GlobalToronto/) or follow @globalnewsto on Twitter and
when cued, in accordance with the direction given during the Program, or as
communicated on Facebook or Twitter: (i) visit the Contest Website and complete and
submit a Contest entry form as instructed; (ii) call-in to enter; (iii) e-mail in to enter; or
(iv) enter as otherwise instructed. Entries must be received prior to the end of a Contest’s
applicable Contest Period to be eligible for entry into that Contest.

(b) Limit of one (1) entry per person per Contest Period, unless otherwise indicated. In the
case of multiple entries, only the first eligible entry will be considered and the remainder
will be void.

(c) All entries, including, if applicable, the story and/or photograph submitted in connection
with the Contest entry (the “Work”), become the sole property of the Sponsors and will
not be returned for any reason. Entries must be received prior to the indicated Contest
Period entry deadline. 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 as a potential Contest winner.

(d) If Work has been submitted by an entrant in connection with the Contest, each entrant
agrees that the Sponsors may post the Work on Sponsor owned or controlled websites,
viewing galleries and/or social media platforms. Each entrant further represents and
warrants that: (i) the Work does not contain any material that is libelous, defamatory,
profane or obscene; (ii) the Work is original and all right, title, and interest (including
copyright) therein and thereto is owned and/or controlled by the entrant to the full extent
necessary to enable the Sponsors to use the Work as contemplated by these Contest
Rules; and (iii) the Work does not infringe upon the intellectual property or other
statutory or common law rights of any third party.

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

4. PRIZES.

(a) Each Contest prize shall have an approximate retail value between one Canadian dollar
(CDN $1.00) and one thousand Canadian dollars (CDN $1,000.00) and shall be
announced and described on the Program, Facebook, Twitter and/or the Contest Website
at the beginning of each Contest Period. Winners shall not be entitled to receive the
difference between the actual prize value and the approximate prize value.

(b) Winners will be contacted by the Sponsors with instructions on how to claim the prize.

(c) Prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred, assigned, substituted 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 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.

(d) The Sponsors shall not assume any liability for lost, damaged or misdirected prizes.

5. WINNER SELECTION.

(a) Following the end of the applicable Contest Period, Corus will select one (1) entrant (or
more, if applicable, based on the number of prizes available to be won) by a random draw
from all eligible entries received during the Contest Period, unless otherwise indicated.
Each entrant shall be eligible to win only one (1) prize. The odds of being selected as a
potential winner are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received for the
Contest. Any remaining entries will not be carried over for entry in the next Contest.

(b) Before being declared a winner, the selected entrant(s) 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 during a pre-arranged telephone
call or by e-mail, to comply with these Contest Rules and may be required to sign and
return the Release (described below).

(c) If the selected entrant does not respond within three (3) days of notification, he/she will
be disqualified and will not receive a prize and another entrant may be selected (as
determined by Corus in its 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.

(d) If, as a result of an error relating to the entry process, drawing or any other aspect of a
Contest, there are more selected entrants than contemplated in these Contest Rules, there
will be a random draw amongst all eligible prize claimants to award the correct number
of prizes.

6. RELEASE.

Winners (and if applicable, any guest of the winner) may be required to execute a
legal agreement and release (“Release”) that confirms his or her: (i) eligibility for the Contest and
compliance with these Contest Rules; (ii) acceptance of the prize as offered; (iii) release of the
Sponsors, if applicable, Facebook and Twitter, and each of their respective parent companies,
subsidiaries, affiliates and/or related companies and each of their employees, directors, officers,
suppliers, agents, 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 Contestrelated
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 to
produce, reproduce, convert, publish, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, exhibit,
distribute, translate, adapt, and otherwise use or re-use the submitted Work, his or her name,
image, likeness, comments, voice and/or biography in any and all media now known or hereafter
devised in connection with publicity related to the Contest. The executed Release(s) must be
returned within two (2) business days of the date indicated on the accompanying letter of
notification or verification as a winner, or the selected individual(s) will be disqualified and any
rights he or she may have to the prize will be forfeited.

7. INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT.

By entering a Contest, each entrant releases and holds
the Releasees harmless from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to
the entrants 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. Each
entrant agrees to fully indemnify Releasees from any and all claims by third parties relating to the
Contest, without limitation.

8. RIGHTS CLEARANCE.

By providing the Work to the Sponsors in connection with the Contest
(if applicable), each entrant shall retain all right, title and interest (including copyright) in and to
the Work, and shall grant to the Sponsors a worldwide, gratuitous, irrevocable, and exclusive
licence to copy, use, modify, reproduce, display, adapt and transmit the Work for use in all media
now known or hereafter devised in perpetuity beginning on the date of entry, including, but not
limited to, in connection with the administration, promotion and exploitation of the Contest. The
entrant hereby confirms that the Work is an original work, solely created by the entrant, and that
no third party participated as an author, co-author, photographer or otherwise in the creation of
the Work or any part thereof. The Sponsors assume no responsibility for any claims of
infringement of rights to copyright, privacy and/or personality, and all such liability shall remain
with the entrant. In addition, each entrant represents to Sponsors that the Work does not infringe
any copyright interest of any third party and that the Work is not defamatory or obscene and does
not violate any laws relating to hate speech or otherwise. Sponsors reserve the right to exclude
any Work on the basis of concerns relating to the rights of third parties, including but not limited
to privacy, copyright, defamation, rights of personality, obscenity or hate speech, as determined
by Sponsors in their sole discretion.

9. 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 any entrant or to any
computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials related to the
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 the Contest
and/or the Contest Website.

10. CONDUCT.

By participating in a Contest, each entrant agrees to be bound by the Contest Rules.
Entrants further agree to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsors, which shall be final and
binding in all respects. The Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any
entrant 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, or any related promotional
website; (c) violating the terms of service, conditions of use and/or general rules or guidelines of
any the Sponsor’s 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 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. If applicable, winners (and guests, if applicable) must at all times
behave appropriately when taking part in the prize and observe the Contest Rules and any other
rules or regulations in force at any prize-related locations. The Sponsors reserve the right to
remove from any prize-related locations, any winner and/or guest who breaks such rules and/or
fails to behave appropriately and to disqualify such winner and/or guest.

11. PRIVACY / USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

(a) By participating in the Contest, each entrant: (i) grants to the Sponsors the right to use
his/her personal information provided when he/she enters the Contest and the Work (if
applicable) (collectively the “Personal Information”) for the purpose of administering
the Contest, including but not limited to contacting and announcing the winners and
coordinating the provision of the Contest prize; (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 without further compensation unless prohibited by law; and
(iii) acknowledges that the Sponsors may disclose his/her Personal Information to thirdparty
agents and service providers of the Sponsors in connection with any of the activities
listed in (i) and/or (ii) above.
(b) Corus will use each entrant’s Personal Information only for identified purposes, and
protect the Personal Information in a manner that is consistent with the Corus Privacy
Policy at: http://www.shawmedia.ca/PrivacyPolicy.aspx.

12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

All intellectual property, including but not limited to trademarks,
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.

13. TERMINATION.

Corus reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to terminate any Contest, in
whole or in part, and/or modify, amend or suspend a Contest, and/or the Contest Rules in any
way, at any time, for any reason without prior notice.
14. LAW. These are the official Contest Rules. The Contests are 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 and/or the Contests. 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
Contests 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.

15. 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.

16. SOCIAL MEDIA.

This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by any social
media platforms on which the Contest may have been promoted and/or publicized, including but
not limited to Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram. Any personal information provided in
connection with the Contest is being provided to Corus and not to any social media platform on
which the Contest may have been promoted and/or administered. Any questions or comments
regarding a Contest must be directed to Corus.

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