Canadian Living Winter Carnival in Quebec City Contest Complete Rules & Regulations

Canadian Living Winter Carnival in Quebec City Contest
Complete Rules & Regulations

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter by filling out the entry form at www.canadianliving.com or send a postcard with your name, address, daytime and evening telephone numbers and e-mail address (if possible) to:

Winter Carnival in Quebec City Contest
c/o Canadian Living Magazine
P.O. Box 7750 Stn B
Toronto, ON
M2K 2Z9

Online entries are limited to one per person per day for the duration of the contest. Enter as often as you wish by mail, but each entry must be mailed on a separate postcard bearing sufficient postage. Illegible entries, bulk mailings, or reproductions are ineligible. All entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. (EST) on the contest closing date, Friday, March 16, 2007. No purchase necessary.

PRIZES:
One grand prize winner will be selected by random draw by Canadian Living editorial staff, on Friday, March 30, 2007, in Toronto, Ontario, at the offices of Transcontinental Media Inc.

One grand prize of a trip for two (2) to Quebec City, Que., will be awarded. Each grand prize includes: a) Return economy class flight for two (2) from a Canadian gateway city to Quebec City, Que.; b) round-trip ground transportation between the Quebec City airport and hotel c) two nights' accommodation (double occupancy) on Friday, February 1, and Saturday, February 2, 2008, in a premier Quebec City hotel of the Sponsors' choosing; d) Breakfast at the hotel on Saturday, February 2, and Sunday, February 3, 2008; e) Lunch at Quebec City restaurants chosen by the Sponsors on Friday, February 1 through Sunday, February 3, 2008 (inclusive); f) Dinner at Quebec City restaurants chosen by the Sponsors on Friday, February 1, and Saturday, February 2, 2008; g) Guided tour of Quebec City in the afternoon of Friday, February 1, 2008; h) Access package for Quebec City museums and attractions; i) Access to Winter Carnival attractions and events for the weekend of Friday, February 1 through Sunday, February 3, 2008 (inclusive); and j) Two (2) woven arrowhead sashes (ceinture fléchée) worn by Bonhommme, local Quebecers and visitors during Winter Carnival. All other ground transportation, departure tax, insurance, fuel charges, travel-related fees and items of a personal nature, including but not limited to food, beverages, room service, wine and bar charges, gratuities and local and long distance telephone calls not included above, are the sole responsibility of the grand prize winner. A valid credit card (or cash deposit, as set out by the hotel) will be required at hotel check-in. Approximate value of grand prize is $5,000 CDN, based on Vancouver departure.

Prize must be accepted as awarded, and are not transferable or convertible to cash, except at the option of Contest Sponsors. Prize may not be sold or traded. Should the winner refuse a prize, the Contest Sponsors and their respective advertising and promotional agencies are released from any obligation related to the prize. Selected entrant will be notified by phone on or before Thursday, April 5, 2007. The Contest Sponsors retain the right in their absolute discretion to make substitutions of equivalent kind or value in the event of the unavailability of any element of a prize for any reason whatsoever.

HOW TO WIN:
Your mailed or e-mailed entry must be received by 5:00 p.m. (ET) on the contest closing date, Friday, March 16, 2007. Winner will be contacted by phone on or before Thursday, April 5, 2007. To win, selected entrant must have complied with the contest rules, must correctly answer a mathematical, skill-testing question posed by telephone or mail, and must sign a standard liability/publicity release releasing the Contest Sponsors and their respective advertising and promotional agencies and the judging organization from any damage or loss that may result from entering this contest or accepting and/or utilizing a prize. Winner must return the completed forms within five (5) days of receipt.

If the completed forms are not returned within the deadline, if the selected entrant is not eligible for any reason, if the selected
entrant has not correctly answered the skill-testing question, or if the selected entrant cannot be contacted after two business days of the first attempt to contact the selected entrant, such entrant shall be disqualified and the Contest Sponsors shall have the right to select
another entrant and the Contest Sponsors shall be released and discharged from any liability or responsibility in this regard. The selected entrant will be disqualified and another potential winner drawn at random from all eligible entries. The newly selected potential winner must return completed release form within five (5) days of
receipt. By entering, contestants consent to the use of their photographs, names, and places of residence, without compensation, in print, radio or televised publicity relating to the contest.

Only one prize per family, household or address will be awarded.

WHO CAN WIN:
This contest is open to all residents of Canada aged 18 and older except employees, directors and officers (and those with whom they are domiciled) of the Contest Sponsors and their respective advertising and promotional agencies. The Contest Sponsors and their respective affiliates, their advertising and promotional agencies accept no responsibility in any case where their inability to satisfy these contest rules arises from any situation which is outside of their control including but not limited to a situation of strike, lock-out or other labour strife in
the Contest Sponsors' workplaces or in the workplaces of any organization or entity whose services are used for running this contest. The Contest Sponsors accept no responsibility for entries lost, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, delayed or destroyed or for the failure or malfunction of any hardware, software or telecommunication component relating to online entries. The Contest Sponsors have the right, subject to the approval of the Régie in Québec, to terminate or alter the rules of the contest at any time without notice for any reason
whatsoever.

All entries become the property of Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.), which assumes no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, postage-due or misdirected entries or for any failure of the websites during the promotional period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software,
failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.) on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from playing or
downloading any material in the promotion. Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.) reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the e-mail portion of this contest
should a virus, bug or other cause beyond the reasonable control of Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.) corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this
promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.) reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Entries are subject to
verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way. Entrants agree to abide by the Contest Rules and the decisions of the independent judging panel, which are final.

QUEBEC CONTESTANTS:
For residents of Québec, any dispute concerning the conduct or administration of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des
alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any dispute concerning the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the
purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.

THE ENTRIES:
The contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. No correspondence will be entered into except with the selected entrants and individuals requesting a copy of contest rules. The odds of an entry being selected depend on the number of eligible
entries received by the contest closing date. All entries become the property of Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.). The Contest
Sponsors will be collecting data about entrants through the contest entry process. Any personal information will be handled in accordance
with the privacy policy of Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.). By entering the contest, each entrant consents to the
collection, use and distribution of his/her personal information (information that identifies an entrant as an individual, such as home
telephone number, age and home address) by the Contest Sponsors for the purposes of implementing, administering and fulfilling the contest. The Contest Sponsors will not sell or transmit this information to third parties unless the entrant has specifically consented to same, the Contest Sponsors believe in good faith that it is required by law, to their affiliates (provided that such affiliates and their agents and advisors
and their respective employees are restricted from using the information for any other purpose other than as described in these rules and regulations), or to their respective agents for data processing purposes, their respective professional advisors and promotional and marketing agencies (provided that such agents,
professional advisors and promotional and marketing agencies are restricted from using the information for any purpose other than as
described in these rules and regulations). Any inquiry concerning the personal information held by the Contest Sponsors should be addressed to Transcontinental Chief Privacy Officer, 1 Place Ville Marie, Suite 3315, Montreal, Quebec, H3B 3N2, e-mail: chiefprivacyofficer@transcontinental.ca, fax: (514) 954-2802.

CONTEST SPONSORS:
The Contest Sponsors are Canadian Living (Transcontinental Media G.P.), Quebec City Tourism and the Ministère du Tourisme du Québec.