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PNG CUSTOMER SURVEY MONTHLY CONTEST

THE PNG CUSTOMER SURVEY MONTHLY CONTEST (THE "CONTEST") IS INTENDED TO BE CONDUCTED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ONLY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAW. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. THE CONTEST IS OPEN TO BRITISH COLUMBIA RESIDENTS ONLY AND PARTICIPANTS MUST BE THE AGE OF MAJORITY OR OLDER IN THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. VOID IN WHOLE OR IN 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:
(a)be a legal resident of the province of British Columbia;
(b)be of the age of majority or older in British Columbia at the time of entry; and
(c)be an existing subscriber of the Province and/or the Vancouver Sun as of 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time at the start of each Monthly Segment (as defined below).
Employees of The Province, a division of Postmedia Network Inc., The Vancouver Sun, a division of Postmedia Network Inc., their subsidiaries, parents and/or affiliates ("Postmedia" and collectively, the "Sponsors"), and each of their 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 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 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time ("PT") on August 1, 2011 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on July 31, 2012 (the "Contest Period") after which time the Contest will be closed and no further entries shall be accepted.

3. HOW THE CONTEST WORKS. The Contest will run for twelve (12) months which will be broken down as follows:

Segment 1 - August 1, 2011 to August 31, 2011
Segment 2 - September 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011
Segment 2 - October 1, 2011 to October 31, 2011
Segment 4 - November 1, 2011 to November 30, 2011
Segment 5 - December 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011
Segment 6 - January 1, 2012 to January 31, 2012
Segment 7 - February 1, 2012 to February 29, 2012
Segment 8 - March 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012
Segment 9 - April 1, 2012 to April 30, 2012
Segment 10 - May 1, 2012 to May 31, 2012
Segment 11 - June 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012
Segment 12 - July 1, 2012 to July 31, 2012
(each a "Monthly Segment")

4. 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 by supplying all of the requested information and fully completing the short survey located at www.theprovince.com or www.vancouversun.com (collectively the "Contest Websites").
(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 to the attention of the PNG Customer Survey Monthly Contest c/o The Province or the Vancouver Sun at 1 - 200 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3N3.
(b)Limit of one (1) entry per household per month during the Contest Period. In the case of multiple entries from a single household during any given month during the Contest Period, 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 submitted by mail must be received by the Sponsors no later than the end of the Contest Period, and must be in a separate outer envelope bearing sufficient postage.
(e)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. 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.

5. PRIZES.

(a)Monthly Prizes. At the start of the Contest there are a total of twelve (12) monthly prizes (each, a "Prize") available to be won by the Prize winners (the "Prize Winners"), each of which consists of a $100.00 CDN gift card redeemable at a retailer within British Columbia to be chosen by the Sponsors in their sole and absolute discretion. The gift cards are subject to any restrictions printed on the gift card.
(b)Each Prize has an approximate retail value of one hundred dollars (CDN $100.00).
(c)There will be one (1) Prize available each month during the Contest Period. The total number of Prizes available to be won will decrease throughout the Contest Period as Prizes are claimed.
(d)Winner is not entitled to monetary difference between actual Prize value and stated approximate Prize value, if any.
(e)Winner may claim his/her Prize in Vancouver, British Columbia within fifteen (15) days after the Winner has been successfully contacted and notified of his/her Prize and fulfilled the requirements set out herein.
(f)Winner will be responsible for (without limitation) any costs associated with or incurred in redeeming the Prize, including transportation to and from the retailer and any other expense not explicitly included in the Prize.
(g)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.

6. WINNER SELECTION. Twelve (12) Winners shall be selected as follows:
(a)On each of the dates indicated below (each a "Draw Date") at approximately12:00 p.m. PT in Vancouver, British Columbia, one (1) entrant will be selected by a random draw from all eligible entries received during the month immediately prior to that Draw Date as indicated in the table below. For greater certainty, non-winning eligible entries from one month do not carry forward to be eligible for the Draw Dates in respect of subsequent months; however; eligible entrants may re-enter the Contest once each month during the Contest Period. Each entrant shall be eligible to win only one (1) Prize per Monthly Segment. The odds of being selected as a potential winner are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received by the Sponsors during the month immediately prior to the applicable Draw Date. 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).

12:01 a.m. PT August 1, 2011 - 11:59 p.m. PT August 31, 2011 - Draw Date September 5, 2011
12:01 a.m. PT September 1, 2011 - 11:59 p.m. PT September 30, 2011 - Draw Date October 5, 2011
12:01 a.m. PT October 1, 2011 - 11:59 p.m. PT October 31, 2011 - Draw Date November 7, 2011
12:01 a.m. PT November 1, 2011 - 11:59 p.m. PT November 30, 2011 - Draw Date December 5, 2011
12:01 a.m. PT December 1, 2011 - 11:59 p.m. PT December 31, 2011 - Draw Date January 5, 2012
12:01 a.m. PT January 1, 2012 - 11:59 p.m. PT January 31, 2012 - Draw Date February 6, 2012
12:01 a.m. PT February 1, 2012 - 11:59 p.m. PT February 29, 2012 - Draw Date March 5, 2012
12:01 a.m. PT March 1, 2012 - 11:59 p.m. PT March 31, 2012 - Draw Date April 5, 2012
12:01 a.m. PT April 1, 2012 - 11:59 p.m. PT April 30, 2012 - Draw Date May 7, 2012
12:01 a.m. PT May 1, 2012 - 11:59 p.m. PT May 31, 2012 - Draw Date June 5, 2012
12:01 a.m. PT June 1, 2012 - 11:59 p.m. PT June 30, 2012 - Draw Date July 5, 2012
12:01 a.m. PT July 1, 2012 - 11:59 p.m. PT July 31, 2012 - Draw Date August 6, 2012

(b)EACH SELECTED ENTRANT WILL BE NOTIFIED BY E-MAIL NO LATER THAN FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER THE APPLICABLE DRAW DATE BY 5:00 P.M. PT AND MUST RESPOND WITHIN TWO (2) 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) 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.

7. RELEASE. Winners will be required to execute a legal agreement and release ("Release") that confirms Winners': (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 re-use the Winner'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) days of the verification as a Winner or the selected entrant will be disqualified and the Prize forfeited.

8. 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.

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 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 Websites and/or canada.com.

10. CONDUCT. By participating in the Contest, each entrant agrees to be bound by the Contest Rules, which will be posted at the Contest Websites throughout the Contest Period. 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, the Contest Websites, 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 WEBSITES, 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.

11.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, age at the time of entry, telephone number, e-mail address, and responses to the survey questions ("Personal Information") for the purpose of administering the Contest, including but not limited to contacting and announcing the Winners; and (ii) 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) above.
(b)By participating in the Contest, entrant: (i) grants to the Sponsors the right to use his/her answers to the short Survey questions ("Survey Response") for the purpose of gathering feedback with respect to delivery services; and (ii) acknowledges that the Sponsors may disclose his/her Survey Response to third-party agents and service providers of any of the Sponsors in connection with any of the activities listed in (i) above.
(c)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.
(d)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.

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 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.

13. 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.

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 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.

15. 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.