
BEAUTY & THE BEAST CONTEST
THE BEAUTY & THE BEASTCONTEST (THE “CONTEST”) IS INTENDED TO BE
CONDUCTED IN
APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAW. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. THE CONTEST IS OPEN TO
CANADIAN RESIDENTS ONLY AND PARTICIPANTS MUST BE THE AGE OF MAJORITY OR OLDER IN
THE
ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONTEST RULES (THE “CONTEST RULES”).
1. ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible for this Contest, an individual must:
(a) be a legal resident of the
(b) be of the age of majority or older in his/her province or territory of residence at the time of entry.
Employees of The Vancouver Sun, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. (“Postmedia”), (Postmedia is
the\\\"Sponsor\\\"), its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, advertising and promotional
agencies, and the household members of any of the above, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. The
Broadway Across Canada (“Arts Company”), its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies,
advertising and promotional agencies, and the household members of the Arts Company, are not eligible to
participate in the Contest.
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 untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal
details and/or information.
2. CONTEST PERIOD. The Contest begins at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time (“PT”) on January 11, 2012
and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on January 29, 2012(the \\\"Contest Period\\\") after which time the Contest will
be closed and no further entries shall be accepted.
3. HOW TO ENTER.
(a) There is no purchase necessary to enter the Contest. Enter using any of the methods of entry
outlined below. No entries will be accepted by any other means.
(i) To enter online, complete and submit the entry form located at
www.thevancouversuncontests.com (the “Contest Website”).
(ii) For no purchase entries, clearly print your name, complete mailing address, daytime
telephone number, email address and age at time of entry on a plain piece of paper and
submit it in person to the attention of The Beauty & the Beast Contest c/o The Vancouver Sun
200 Granville St., Vancouver, BC, V6C 3N3.
(b) Limit of one (1) entry per person during the Contest Period. In the case of multiple entries, only the
first eligible entry will be considered.
(c) All entries, become the sole property of the Sponsors and none will 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. No communication or correspondence will be
exchanged with entrants except with those selected for a Prize.
(d) Entries received online shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the email
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. Each
selected entrant may be required to provide the Sponsors with proof that the selected entrant is the
authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning entry.
4. PRIZE.
(a) Prize. There is one (1) prize (“Prize”) available to be won by the Prize winner (the “Winner”)
consisting of: Four (4) tickets to see Beauty & the Beast at 7:30pm on February 8, 2012 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, B.C. (the “ticket package”).
(b) The Prize has an approximate value of One Hundred and Twenty Dollars (CDN $200.00).
(c) Winner is not entitled to monetary difference between actual Prize value and stated approximate
prize value, if any.
(d) Prizes will be distributed within two (2) days after Winner has been successfully contacted and
notified of his/her Prize and fulfilled the requirements set out herein.
(e) Winner and his/her Guests must be available to attend the performance on February 8, 2012.
Should Winner and/or Guests be unable to participate on the date and time of the show, the Prize will be
forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.
f) Winner and Guest will be responsible for (without limitation): transportation to the venues, and any other
costs except for the tickets.
(g) Guests must comply with the Contest Rules and sign and return the Release (described below).
The Prize is awarded solely to the Winner. Guests do not have any rights to the Prize independent
of the Winner, and may not travel without the Winner.
(h) 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 its and 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. WINNER SELECTION.
One (1) Winner shall be selected as follows:
(a) On or about January 30, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, one (1) entrant will be selected by a
random draw from all eligible entries received during the Contest Period. 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. 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 sign and
return the Release (described below).
(b) THE SELECTED ENTRANT WILL BE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE NO LATER THAN JANUARY 31,
2012 AT 5:00 PM AND MUST RESPOND WITHIN TWO (2) BUSINESS DAYS OF
NOTIFICATION. Upon notification, the selected entrant must respond by telephone to the contact
number provided in the notification, and the selected entrant’s response must be received by the
Sponsors within two (2) business days of such notification. If the selected entrant does not respond
in accordance with the Contest Rules, 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.
(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.
6. RELEASE.
Winnerand Guests will be required to execute a legal agreement and release (“Release”) that confirms
Winner’s and Guests’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 their respective parent
companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and/or related companies 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,
publish, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, exhibit, distribute, adapt and otherwise use or
reuse the Winner’s and Guest’s name, photograph, 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 verification as a Winner or the
selected entrant will be disqualified and the Prize forfeited.
7. INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT.
By entering the Contest, entrant releases 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 acceptance, possession, use or
misuse of any Prize, participation in the Contest, any breach of the Contest Rules, or in any Prize-related
activity. The entrant agrees to fully indemnify Releasees from any and all claims by third parties relating to
the Contest, without limitation.
8. 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 for any error,
omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft
or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. The Sponsors are not responsible for any
problems, failures or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems,
servers, providers, computer equipment, software, e-mail, players, or browsers, on account of technical
problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, at any website, or on account of any combination of the
foregoing. The Sponsors are not responsible for any injury or damage to entrant or to any computer related
to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Contest. Entrant assumes liability for
injuries caused or claimed to be caused by participating in the Contest, or by the acceptance, possession,
use of, or failure to receive any Prize. The Sponsors assume no responsibility or liability in the event that the
Contest cannot be conducted as planned for any reason, including those 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, the
Contest Website and/or canada.com .
9. CONDUCT.
By participating in the Contest, each entrant agrees to be bound by the Contest Rules, which will be posted
at the Contest Website and made available at The Vancouver Sun Promotions Counter Lobby at 200
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, the Contest Website, or any canada.com website; (c) violating the terms of service, conditions
of use and/or general rules or guidelines of any canada.com property or service; and/or (d) acting in an
unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE CONTEST WEBSITE, CANADA.COM 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 attending the events and observe the
Contest Rules and any other rules or regulations in force at the location. The Sponsors reserve the right to
remove from the events, any Winner and/or Guest who breaks such rules and/or fails to behave
appropriately and to disqualify such Winner and/or Guest.
10. PRIVACY/USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
(a) By participating in the Contest, entrant: (i) grants to the Sponsors the right to use his/her name,
mailing address, telephone number, date of birth, and e-mail address (“Personal Information”)
for the purpose of administering the Contest, including but not limited to contacting and announcing
the Winners; (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.
(b) By opting-in online you consent to Postmedia’s and any of its corporate affiliate’s use of your
Personal Information to contact you to (i) promote draws, interactive features and contests similar
to the Contest; (ii) promote opportunities to subscribe to Postmedia newsletters or promotional
clubs; (iii) notify you about programs, special events and related products or services; and (iv)
enter you into other Postmedia-sponsored draws and/or contests.
(c) The Sponsors 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 the Postmedia Network
Privacy Policy located at www.canada.com/aboutus/privacy.html.
11. 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 are owned by
Postmedia, the Sponsors and/or their affiliates as applicable. 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.
12. TERMINATION.
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.
13. 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
including procedural provisions 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.
14. LANGUAGE 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.
15. NO ASSOCIATION.
Broadway Across Canada is not in any way associated with the programs owned or operated by
Postmedia, nor are the producers or distributors of such programs associated in any way with the Contest.