#Greater Toronto Summer Contest Rules

THE #GREATERTORONTOSUMMER, GLOBAL NEWS CONTEST RULES

 

THE #GREATERTORONTOSUMMER, GLOBAL NEWS CONTEST (THE “CONTEST”) WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO 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 ONTARIO OR OLDER IN THE 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.

1.1 To be eligible for this Contest, an individual must:

 

• be a legal resident of the province of Ontario;

 

• be of the age of majority or older in the province of Ontario; and

 

• 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.

 

1.2 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 Steda Marketing its affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, successors and assigns (collectively, “[Short Form Company Name]”, together with Corus, the “Sponsors”);

 

• Employees of Mirvish Productions, Cirque du Soleil, Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, The Ontario Science Centre, Ripley’s Aquarium and each of their affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, successors and assigns, advertising and promotional agencies;

 

• Judges of the Contest;

 

• 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 (e) above.

 

1.3 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 6:00a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on July 2, 2019 and ends at 11:59p.m. ET on September 3, 2019 (the “Contest Period“) after which time the Contest will be closed and no further entries shall be accepted.

 

3. HOW TO ENTER.

3.1 There is no purchase necessary to enter the Contest. Enter by posting a video clip or photograph of your favourite memory of the summer in the Greater Toronto Area with the hashtag #GreaterTorontoSummer (the “Work”), by using one the methods of entry outlined below. No entries will be accepted by any other means.

 

• To post on Instagram, ensure the “Private Account” option in your Instagram profile settings is not activated. Make sure that when you post your video clip or photo you include the hashtag “#GreaterTorontoSummer” (the “Hashtag”). The Hashtag is required in order for your entry to be submitted in connection with the Contest.

 

• To post on Twitter, upload your video clip or photo to your Twitter page and make sure that you include the Hashtag when you post.

 

• On Facebook, upload or share your video clip or photo to the Global Toronto Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/GlobalToronto/) and include the Hashtag in your post.

 

3.2 By participating in this Contest, each entrant represents and warrants that the Work: (i) does not contain any material, language or gestures that are libelous, defamatory, indecent, profane, obscene or violent and does not violate any laws including without limitation, relating to hate speech or otherwise; (ii) is original, solely created by the entrant and that no third party participated as an author, co-author or otherwise in the creation of the Work or any part thereof; (iii) all right, title and interest (including copyright) therein 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 (iv) the Work does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights, proprietary interests or other statutory or common law rights of any third party; (v) does not contain any recognizable logos or any other copyrighted material; (vi) does not contain any mention, endorsement, or “plug” any commercial product, service, venture or thing, including, without limitation, the name of entrant’s employer; and (vii) has not been submitted in connection with any other contest and/or promotional campaign.

 

3.3 Limit of one (1) entry per person, per 24-hour period. In the case of multiple entries, only the first eligible entry will be considered.

 

3.4 All entries including the Work, 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.

 

3.5 In the event of a dispute as to who submitted an entry, the entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the Twitter or Facebook account associated with the entry. The authorized account holder of the Twitter or Facebook account is defined as the natural person who is assigned to the account by Twitter or Facebook as applicable (the “Authorized Account Holder”).

3.6 Entries received online shall be deemed to be submitted by the Authorized Account Holder of the social media account associated with the entry. For the purpose of the Contest Rules, Authorized Account Holder of a social media account is defined as the natural person who is assigned to a social media account by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning social media accounts for the domain associated with the submitted social media account. Any entrant may be required to provide the Sponsors with proof that they are the Authorized Account Holder of the social media account associated with their entry.

 

4. PRIZES.

4.1 Prizes. There are twenty-one (21) prizes (each a “Prize” collectively, the “Prizes”) available to be won by the Prize winners (each a “Winner” collectively, the “Winners”). The Prizes available to be won are:

 

• Two (2) family passes for four (4) people to Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto, Ontario, with an expiry date of June 16, 2020. Approximate retail value of each ticket is thirty-nine Canadian dollars (CDN$39);

 

• Four (4) pairs of tickets to Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria at the Grand Chapiteau at Ontario Place in Toronto, Ontario, for the following date and time only; Wednesday October 2, 2019 at 8:00p.m.,. Approximate retail value of each ticket is two hundred and ten Canadian dollars (CDN$210) ;

 

• Two (2) pairs of tickets to the play “Come From Away” at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto, Ontario for the following date and time only: Friday, November 2, 2019 at 8:00p.m. Approximate retail value of each ticket is one hundred and fifty-five Canadian dollars (CDN$155);

 

• Four (4) pairs of passes to the Art Gallery of Ontario, which expire on December 22, 2019. The approximate retail value of each ticket is twenty-five Canadian dollars (CDN$25);

 

• Four (4), one (1) night stays at the One King West Hotel in Toronto, Ontario in a standard room, based on quadruple occupancy. Room must be booked and used before December 31, 2019. Approximate retail value of each room is four hundred Canadian dollars (CDN$400);

 

• Four (4) CF SHOP gift cards, each with a value of fifty Canadian dollars (CDN$50); and

 

• One (1) Planetary membership to the Ontario Science Centre, for a family of six (6) (two (2) adults and four (4) children, between the ages of three (3) and seventeen (17) years). Approximate retail value of the membership is one hundred and seventy-five Canadian dollars (CDN$175).

 

• Fifteen (15) pairs of Single Day Admission tickets to Canada’s Wonderland, which will expire on September 22, 2019. The approximate retail value of each ticket is fifty two Canadian dollars (CDN$67).

 

4.2 Winners are not entitled to monetary difference between actual Prize value and stated approximate Prize value, if any.

 

4.3 Prizes will be distributed within seven (7) days after each Winner has been successfully contacted and notified of his/her Prize and fulfilled the requirements set out herein.

 

5. PRIZE CONDITIONS.

 

5.1 All bookings and/or reservations are subject to availability at time of booking. Should Winner and/or guests be unable to participate on the dates and times designated by the Sponsors, the Prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.

 

5.2 Winners will be responsible for any other expense not explicitly included in the Prizes.

 

5.3 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, unclaimed or declined portion of a 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.

 

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

 

6. WINNER SELECTION.

6.1 Twenty-one (21) Winners shall be selected as follows:

 

• On or about September 5, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, twenty-one (21) entrants will be selected by the Sponsors and or the Sponsors’ representatives (the “Judges”) based on the following equally weighted criteria: (i) how the submission is related to the participant favourite memory of the summer in the Greater Toronto Area; (ii) creativity; (iii) uniqueness; and (iv) image quality (the “Criteria”). 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 by the Sponsors and the application of the Criteria to eligible entries by the Judges. Before being declared a Winner, each selected entrant shall be required to comply with the Contest Rules and to sign and return the Release (described below).

 

• The Judges, in their absolute discretion, shall select the Winners based upon the above Criteria. The decisions of the Judges shall be final and binding and may not be challenged in any way.

 

• EACH SELECTED ENTRANT WILL BE NOTIFIED BY: (I) PRIVATE TWITTER MESSAGE; (II) PRIVATE FACEBOOK MESSAGE; OR (III) PRIVATE INSTAGRAM MESSAGE NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 AT 12:00P.M. AND MUST RESPOND WITHIN TWO (2) 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, 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.

 

7. RELEASE. Potential Winners will be required to execute a legal agreement and release (“Release”) that confirms each potential Winner’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, Facebook 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 name, statements, image, likeness, voice and biography and the Work, 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 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, 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. RIGHTS CLEARANCE. By providing the Work to the Sponsors in connection with the Contest, 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 license to copy, modify, produce, reproduce, display, publish, exhibit, distribute, convert, adapt, post, serve, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, transmit and otherwise use or reuse the Work 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. Sponsors assume no responsibility for any claims of infringement of rights to copyright, privacy, personality or otherwise, and all such liability shall remain with the entrant. Sponsors reserve the right to exclude any Work for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to, 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.

 

10. 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.

 

11. 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 and made available online at www.globalnews.ca/greatertorontosummer throughout the Contest Period. Each entrant further agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsors and Judges, 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; (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 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.

 

12. PRIVACY / USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

 

12.1 By participating in the Contest, each entrant: (i) grants to the Sponsors the right to use his/her name, mailing address, age of majority confirmation, telephone number and e-mail address and submitted Work (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 Prizes; (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)

 

12.2 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/.

 

13. 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.

 

14. 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.

 

15. 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.

 

16. 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.

 

17. FACEBOOK. This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by or associated with Facebook. Facebook is completely released of all liability by each entrant in this Contest. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest must be directed to the Sponsors and not Facebook.

 

18. 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.