Global Calgary – The Islands of the Bahamas Watch & Win Contest Rules

THE ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS WATCH & WIN CONTEST (THE “CONTEST”) WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA 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 ALBERTA 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 Alberta;

• • be of the age of majority or older in the province of Alberta;

• • submit the correct Code Word (as defined in Section 1 below) on their entry form on the Contest Microsite (as defined in Section 3.1 below);

• • be legally able to travel to Nassau & Paradise Island, Bahamas (the “Destination”) from Calgary International Airport (“YYC”) and have any and all necessary documentation that may be required for presentation to Canadian and/or International customs and airport personnel; and

• • if selected as potential Winner (as defined in Section 1 below), be willing and able to travel and participate in the Prize (as defined in Section 4.1 below) before February 3, 2024.

 

• The following people are not eligible to enter the Contest:

• • Employees of Corus Television Limited Partnership by its general partner Corus Television G.P. Inc., its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, successors and assigns (collectively “Corus”);

• • Employees of The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation, its affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, successors and assigns (collectively, “BMT”, together with Corus, the “Sponsors”);

• • Employees of Island Hotel Company Limited, Inc., WestJet Airlines Ltd. (“WestJet”), each of their affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, successors and assigns, advertising and promotional agencies;

• • Any person who has been confirmed as a winner of two (2) Corus administered contests within six (6) months preceding the Contest start date indicated below; and

• • The household members of any of the parties listed in Section (a) to (d) above.

• 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 information that does not meet these requirements.

 

2. CONTEST PERIOD. The Contest begins at 1:00 a.m. Mountain Time (“MT”) on March 6, 2023 and ends at 11:55 p.m. MT on March 10, 2023 (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. To enter, tune into Global News Hour airing Monday through Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. MT during the Contest Period and watch for the word of the day to be displayed on air (the “Code Word”). Then go online to complete and submit the entry form located at globalnews.ca/calgary/contests (the “Contest Microsite”) and include the correct Code Word in your entry form. No entries will be accepted by any other means.

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

• All entries become the sole property of the Sponsors and will not 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. Unless otherwise set out herein, no communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants except with those selected as a potential winner.

• 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. Any entrant may be required to provide the Sponsors with proof that they are the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with their entry.

 

4. PRIZE

• There is one (1) prize (the “Prize”) available to be won by the Prize winner (“Winner”) consisting of a trip for two (2) to the Destination which includes:

• • Round-trip economy airfare for the Winner and their guest (the “Guest”) leaving and returning together from the same gateway, on the same itinerary, from YYC, as determined by the Sponsors in their sole discretion, to the Destination; 

• • Seven (7) nights hotel accommodation at the Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas hotel (the “Hotel”) or such other venue to be selected by the Sponsors in their sole discretion for the Winner and Guest based on double occupancy unless otherwise indicated; and 

• • A one thousand five hundred United States dollar (USD $1,500.00) Hotel food and beverage credit (the “Credit”).

• The Prize has an approximate value of nine thousand Canadian dollars (CDN $9,000.00). Actual value of Prize will depend on departure city. 

• In the case of vouchers, event tickets, gift cards or gift certificates, the terms by which the vouchers, gift cards or gift certificates may be redeemed are governed by the applicable retailer or service provider. Corus is not responsible for administering or ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of the vouchers, gift cards or gift certificates 

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

• Prize will be distributed within thirty (30) days after Winner has been successfully contacted and notified of their Prize and fulfilled the requirements set out herein.

 

5. PRIZE CONDITIONS.

• All bookings and/or reservations are subject to availability at time of booking and no amendments will be accepted once booked. Airline travel must be booked at least thirty (30) days prior to departure date and not all flights will be available. Blackout dates apply, including but not limited to: March 11, 2023- April 15, 2023, May 25-29, 2023, November 22-24, 2023 and December 15, 2023- January 1, 2024 and any major holiday periods. Winner and their Guest must be available to participate in the Prize prior to February 3, 2024. 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 any other expense not explicitly included in the Prize including but not limited to transportation to and from originating airport, food and beverage costs above and beyond the Credit, travel and medical insurance, travel documentation, airport improvement fees, bag check fees, taxes, surcharges, cabin upgrades, gratuities, telephone calls, and in-room charges.

• Winner and/or Guest will be required to present a valid major credit card or cash deposit upon check-in at the Hotel to cover any expenses over and above the Credit. The original certificate must be surrendered to the front desk agent at check-in of the Hotel for this offer to be honoured. Should the original certificate not be surrendered, Winner will be responsible for all accommodation and incidental charges incurring during the stay, at applicable public rates.

• Prize flights are not: (i) entitled to compensation amounts provided under passenger rights regimes and Winner and Guest agree to release, and waive all claims against WestJet relating to any and all liability, damage, or compensation entitlement arising under Canada’s Air Passenger Protection Regulations; (ii) valid for redemption on WestJet Vacations’ packages, interline, code-share or charter flights; and (iii) eligible for paid upgrades, such as Plus seating, except where the option to pay for an upgrade is available when checking in for the flight twenty-four (24) hours prior to departure. 

• Guest must: (i) be of the age of majority or older in their province or territory of residence; (ii) be legally able to travel to the Destination and have any and all necessary documentation as may be required for presentation to Canadian and/or International customs and airport personnel; and (iii) comply with the Contest Rules and sign and return the Release (described in Section 7 below).

• Prize must be accepted as awarded and cannot be sold, transferred, assigned, substituted or redeemed for cash, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsors. Any unused, unclaimed or declined portion of the Prize will be forfeited, have no cash value and the Sponsors shall have no obligation to provide either an alternative or value-in-kind. 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.

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

 

6. WINNER SELECTION.

• One (1) Winner shall be selected as follows:

• • On or about March 13, 2023 in Calgary, Alberta, one (1) entrant will be selected by a random draw from all eligible entries received during the Contest Period. 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 during a pre-arranged telephone call or by e-mail to comply with the Contest Rules and to sign and return the Release.

 

• • THE SELECTED ENTRANT WILL BE NOTIFIED BY E-MAIL NO LATER THAN MARCH 14, 2023 AT 5:00 P.M. MT AND MUST RESPOND WITHIN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS OF NOTIFICATION. Upon notification, the selected entrant must respond by telephone or e-mail (as specified in the notification) to the contact number or e-mail address provided no later than the indicated deadline set out in the Contest Rules and/or the notification. If the selected entrant does not respond accordingly, they will be disqualified and will not receive the 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.

7. RELEASE Potential Winner and Guest will be required to execute a legal agreement and release (“Release”) that confirms potential Winner’s and Guest’s: (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 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, display, publish, convert, post, serve, broadcast, exhibit, distribute, adapt and otherwise use or re-use the Winner’s and Guest’s name, statements, image, 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 five (5) business days of the date indicated on the accompanying letter of notification or the verification as a Winner or the selected entrant will be disqualified and the Prize forfeited.

 

8. INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT. By entering the Contest, each entrant releases, indemnifies 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, exposure to the COVID-19 virus, death, or property damage, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from (a) their participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity; (b) the acceptance, use, or misuse of any Prize; or (c) any breach of the Contest Rules. Each entrant agrees to fully indemnify the Releasees from any and all claims made by third parties relating to the entrant’s participation in the Contest, without limitation.

 

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 or liability in the event that the Contest cannot be conducted as planned for any reason, including 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 and/or the Contest Microsite.

 

10. CONDUCT By participating in the Contest, each entrant is deemed to have executed and agrees to be bound by the Contest Rules, which will be posted at the Contest Microsite throughout the Contest Period. Each entrant further agrees 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 and/or the Contest Microsite or any related promotional website; (c) violating the terms of service, conditions of use and/or general rules or guidelines of any Corus property or service; and/or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass the Sponsors or any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE CONTEST MICROSITE 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. Winner and Guest must at all times behave appropriately when taking part in the Prize and comply with the Contest Rules and any other rules or regulations in force at the Prize-related locations, including but not limited to any COVID-19 requirements in force. The Sponsors reserve the right to remove from the 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. Any disqualified Winner and/or Guest will forfeit any un-awarded elements of the Prize.

 

11. PRIVACY / USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

• • By participating in the Contest, each entrant: (i) grants to the Sponsors the right to use their name, mailing address, age of majority confirmation, telephone number and e-mail address (collectively the “Personal Information”) for the purpose of administering the Contest, including but not limited to contacting and announcing the Winner and coordinating the provision of the Prize; (ii) grants to the Sponsors the right to use their 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 their 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)

• • Corus 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 Corus’ Privacy Policy at: http://www.corusent.com/privacy-policy/.

 

12. 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 is 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 The 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.

 

14. 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 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. 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. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest must be directed to Corus.

 

Schedule “B”

I: Entrant Information:

The Entrant Information collected shall consist of the following information:

• E-mail address
• First Name
• Last Name
• Age of majority confirmation
• Address
• City
• Province
• Postal Code
• Phone Number