CENTREVILLE CONTEST RULES & REGULATIONS
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”).
- To be eligible for this Contest, an individual must:
- be a legal resident of, and the age of majority in, the province of Ontario;
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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