VERNON SPRING GETAWAY CONTEST RULES

THE VERNON SPRING GETAWAY CONTEST (THE “CONTEST”) WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ONLY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAW. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. PARTICIPANTS MUST NINETEEN (19) YEARS OF AGE 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.

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

(a) Be a legal resident of the province of British Columbia;

(b) Be nineteen (19) years of age or older at the time of entry; and

(c) Be able to travel to Vernon, British Columbia, and have any and all necessary documentation that may be required for presentation.

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

(a) 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”);

(b) Employees of City of Vernon – Tourism (Tourism Vernon), its affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, successors and assigns (collectively, “Tourism Vernon”, together with Corus, the “Sponsors”);

(c) Employees of Davison Orchards Ltd., Kalavida Sports Ltd., Predator Ridge Resort, Planet Bee Honey Farm and Meadery, Okanagan Spirits Inc., The BX Press Cidery and Orchard, their affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, successors and assigns, advertising and promotional agencies;

(d) 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

(e) The household members of any of the parties listed in Section (a) to (d) 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 5:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (“PDT”) on April 15, 2019 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 21, 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 online by completing and submitting the entry form located at https://www.globalnews.ca/bc/contests (the “Contest Microsite”). No entries will be accepted by any other means.

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

3.3 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.

3.4 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.

4.1 There is one (1) prize (the “Prize”) available to be won by the Prize winner (the “Winner”), which shall include:

(a) Two nights’ hotel accommodation at Predator Ridge resort (the “Hotel”) for Winner and one (1) guest (the “Guest”) based on double occupancy unless otherwise indicated; and

(b) One (1) gift voucher to Kalavida Surf Shop valid for surf lessons for Winner, Guest, and up to two (2) additional guests (together with the Guest collectively, the “Guests”) valued at approximately two hundred Canadian dollars (CDN$200.00);

(c) Four (4) Kalavida t-shirts;

(d) Four (4) drinks at the Rail Trail Café;

(e) One (1) gift voucher to Predator Ridge golf courses valid for Winner and Guests, and valued at approximately seven hundred Canadian dollars (CDN$700.00);

(f) One (1) gift basket courtesy of Planet Bee Honey Farm, valued at approximately seventy Canadian dollars (CDN$70.00);

(g) One (1) gift voucher to Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery for a “whiskey experience” for Winner and Guests, valued at approximately two hundred Canadian dollars (CDN$200.00);

(h) One (1) cider tasting tour for Winner and Guest at the BX Press Cidery and Orchard with one (1) cider gift basket valued at approximately one hundred Canadian dollars (CDN$100.00);

(i) One (1) gift certificate for an Orchard Tour for Winner and Guests courtesy of Davison Orchards accompanied by one (1) gift certificate to Davison Farmhouse Café valued at one hundred Canadian dollars (CDN$100.00);

(j) One (1) Petro Canada gas card valued at one hundred and fifty Canadian dollars (CDN$150.00); and

(k) One (1) gift card to a participating Destination Vernon restaurant (https://downtownvernon.com/things-to-do/downtown-dollars), valued at one hundred Canadian dollars (CDN$100.00).

4.2 The Prize has an approximate value of two thousand four hundred and fifty Canadian dollars (CDN$2,450.00).

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

4.4 The Sponsors and/or the Sponsors’ representatives will contact the Winner to coordinate the provision of the Prize within seven (7) days once such 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. Blackout dates apply, including but not limited to: May 17, 2019 to May 20, 2019, June 28, 2019 to July 1, 2019, August 2, 2019 to August 5, 2019, August 30, 2019 to September 2, 2019, October 11, 2019 to October 14, 2019, November 8, 2019 to November 11, 2019, December 20, 2019 to December 26, 2019, December 31, 2019 to January 6, 2020, February 14, 2020 to February 17, 2020, and April 10, 2020 to April 13, 2020. Winner and Guests must be available to travel and participate in the Prize before May 1, 2020. Should Winner and/or Guests be unable to travel/participate on the dates and times designated by the Sponsors, the Prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner.

5.2 Winner and Guests will be responsible for any other expense not explicitly included in the Prize including but not limited to all transportation not included in the Prize, taxes, gratuities, telephone calls, and in-room charges. Winner may be required to present a valid major credit card upon check-in at the Hotel to cover any expenses over and above the standard room charge.

5.3 Guests must: (i) be nineteen (19) years of the age or older in their province or territory of residence; (ii) be legally able to travel to Vernon, British Columbia, and have any and all necessary documentation as may be required for presentation; and (iii) comply with the Contest Rules and sign and return the Release (described in Section 7 below).

5.4 Prize 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 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 the Prize (or any portion thereof) cannot be awarded for any reason.

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

(a) On or about April 26, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. PST in Burnaby, British Columbia, 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.

(b) THE SELECTED ENTRANT WILL BE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE AND/OR E-MAIL NO LATER THAN APRIL 26, 2019 AT 4:00 P.M. PST AND MUST RESPOND WITHIN THREE (3) 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 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.

(c) 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 Guests will be required to execute a legal agreement and release (“Release”) that confirms potential Winner’s 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 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 each 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 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. 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 and made available 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 Guests 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 Hotel and/or any other Prize-related locations. The Sponsors reserve the right to remove from the Hotel and/or any other 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.

11.1 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 (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 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.

11.2 By opting-in you consent to Corus’ disclosure of your Personal Information to Tourism Vernon so that you may be contacted to with the Tourism Vernon consumer newsletter. Tourism Vernon 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 Tourism Vernon’s Privacy Policy at: https://www.tourismvernon.com/en/Privacy.aspx.

11.3 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.

 

I: Entrant Information:

The Entrant Information collected shall consist of the following information:

 E-mail address
 First Name
 Last Name
 Age Range
 Address
 City
 Province
 Postal Code
 Phone Number

II: Use of Entrant Information

Unless otherwise permitted hereunder and only where Entrants have “opted-in” for such uses, Entrant Information may be used solely for the following purposes:

Sponsor’s Permitted Use: Sponsor may use Entrant Information to contact Entrant with the Tourism Vernon consumer newsletter.