The “Canadian Living's Holiday Parties Twitter Party” (the “Contest”) will begin on December 10th, 2014 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on December 10th, 2014 at 1:00 PM ET (the “Contest Period”).  

1. ELIGIBILITY:

Contest is open to all legal residents of Canada, excluding Quebec residents, who have reached the legal age of majority in their province/territory of residence at the time of entry, except employees, representatives or agents (and those with whom such persons are domiciled or directly related) of Transcontinental Media G.P. (“Contest Organizer”), its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, prize suppliers, advertising/promotion agencies and any entity involved in the development, production, implementation, administration or fulfillment of the Contest. “Directly related” shall mean father, mother, brother, sister, children, wife, husband or common law partner if such employee, representative or agent of a Contest Party.  

2. HOW TO ENTER:

  No purchase necessary.   Completing and Submitting Your Entry   Internet access and a valid account with Twitter (the “Account”) are required to complete your entry into the Contest.   To enter, go to https://twitter.com (the “Website”) and

1. Log onto your Account;
2. Follow Canadian Living on Twitter at www.twitter.com/canadianliving
3. Use the hashtag #CLchat and engage in the conversation (the “Entry”);

    To be eligible, your Entry must be submitted and received within the Contest Period. All eligible Entries submitted and received during the Contest Period will be entered into a random prize draw.   In order for the Contest Organizer to determine if an Entry has been completed, the applicable entrant’s Account settings must be public and it is each entrant’s sole responsibility to ensure that his/her applicable Account settings are public for Entry verification and Contest eligibility purposes.   The Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Twitter orany other third party service provider. You understand that you are providing your personal information to the Contest Organizer and not to Twitter. The personal information you are providing will only be used and processed by the Contest Organizer and by any of its authorized third party service providers for purposes of administering or operating this Contest and the Website, the whole in accordance with TC Media’s, and any authorized third party service provider’s respective privacy policies subject to the uses you may have authorized in relation to your Entry. Twitter and any other third party service provider is completely released of all liability by each participant in this Contest. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest must be directed to TC Media and not Twitter.   Your Entry must comply with these Rules and with the Twitter terms and conditions of use, contract or other applicable guidelines (collectively, the “Third Party Terms”). Any Entry (in whole or in part) that does not comply with these Rules and/or the Third Party Terms, or that is otherwise deemed unacceptable by the Contest Organizer in its sole and absolute discretion, will be discarded and your Entry will be deemed ineligible. Twitter and any other third party service provider shall collectively be referred to as the “Third Party Contest Suppliers”.   Additional Entry Requirements   Each entrant is responsible for uploading/transmitting his/her Entry. The Entry must: i) be developed by the entrant or be fully owned by the entrant; ii) be an original work; iii) not have been previously published or be the subject of an agreement with a third party; iv) not have been considered for or won previous awards; v) not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, rights of publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity; and vi) have been created in a legal and safe manner.   The Entry must not: a)     contain defamatory words/statements (including words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic group); b)     threaten any person, place, business, or group; c)      disparage persons or organizations associated with the Contest Parties; d)     invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm, or entity; e)     contain material that is in any way unlawful, in violation of or contrary to all applicable federal, provincial or municipal laws and regulations where the submission is created; f)      contain material that is inappropriate, indecent (including but not limited to nudity or pornography), profane, obscene, hateful, tortuous, slanderous or libelous; and g)     refer to any person or organization without their prior express written permission. By participating in this Contest, you hereby grant an exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, fully sublicenseable and transferable right and license to the Contest Organizer to use the Entry at its entire discretion, including without limitation the right to edit or modify the Entry for commercial or promotional purposes without any compensation whatsoever owed to you. You also waive all moral rights you may hold in or to your Entry to the extent required for the license granted hereunder. Entry Limitations and Restrictions   There is a limit of submitting one (1) Entry from one (1) Twitter account permitted during the Contest Period. For greater certainty, you can submit one (1) Entry, using one (1) Twitter account, associated with one (1) email address to enter the Contest. The sole determinant of time for the purposes of a valid Entry during the Contest Period will be the Contest’s server machine(s).   Entry Verification and Entry Rejection   All Entries are subject to verification at any time and for any reason. The Contest Organizer reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity of entrant and/or eligibility of its Entry, (in a form acceptable to the Contest Organizer – including, without limitation, government issued photo identification) for the purposes of administering this Contest in accordance with these Rules. Failure to provide such proof to the satisfaction of the Contest Organizer in a timely manner may result in disqualification in the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Organizer.   If it is discovered by the Contest Organizer (using any evidence or other information made available to or otherwise discovered by the Contest Organizer) that any person has attempted to: (i) use (or attempt to use) multiple names, identities, email addresses, accounts and/or any automated, macro, script, robotic or other system(s) or program(s) to enter or otherwise participate in or disrupt this Contest; (ii) not respect these Rules and/or (iii) behave in a manner that otherwise undermines the integrity, fairness or administration of the Contest, then he/she may be disqualified from the Contest in the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Organizer.   In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an Entry, Entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the Authorized Account Holder of the Account and the email address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the person who is assigned an email address by an internet provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institute, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.   Your Entry may be rejected if (in the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Organizer) your Entry is incomplete or is not submitted and received during the Contest Period or is otherwise in breach with the terms and conditions set out in these Rules. The Released Parties (defined below) are not responsible for late, lost, misdirected, delayed, incomplete or incompatible Entries, all of which will be void and rejected. The Contest’s Organizer decision to disqualify an Entry or entrant shall be final without right of appeal.  

3. PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE:

  There are nine (9) different prizes available to be won:

1. One (1) Hasbro Simon Swipe, $24.99
2. One (1) Hasbro Jenga Quake, $24.99
3. One (1) Hasbro My Monopoly, $24.99
4. One (1) Hasbro Scrabble E-Scoring, $24.99
5. One (1) Hasbro Taboo Buzz'd game, $24.99
6. One (1) Hasbro Trivial Pursuit Hints game, $24.99
7. One (1) Hasbro Catch Phrase Decades game, $24.99
8. One (1) Swell Dinner Set from EQ3, $99.99
9. One (1) McCain Prize Pack, $500, includes

$80 in McCain Foods coupons for free products McCain reusable tote bag Philips Airfryer Cuisinart Convection Toaster Oven KSP Flux Lined Silicon Oven Mitt Set Tuscana Large rectangle fluted bakeware Cuisinart Elements Cake/Pie Server   The total approximate retail value of the Prizes is $774.92 CDN.   The Prize must be accepted as awarded and is not transferable, assignable or convertible to cash (except as may be specifically permitted by Contest Organizer in its sole and absolute discretion). No substitutions except at Contest Organizer’s option. Contest Organizer reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to substitute the Prize or a component thereof with a prize of equal or greater value, including, without limitation, but at Contest Organizer’s sole and absolute discretion, a cash award. Prize will only be awarded to the person whose verifiable full name and valid email address appears on the Account associated with the Entry in question.  

4. WINNER SELECTION:

  On December 10, 2014 (the “Draw Date”) at the offices of Contest Organizer at 37 Front St E, in Toronto, Ontario, at approximately 2:00 pm, nine (9) eligible Entry will be selected by random draw from among all eligible Entries submitted and received during the Contest Period in accordance with these Rules. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Entries submitted and received during the Contest Period in accordance with these Rules.   The Contest Organizer or a designated representative will make a minimum of one (1) attempt to contact the selected entrant via Twitter Direct Message, within seven (7) business days of the Draw Date. If the selected entrant cannot be contacted within seven (7) business days of the Draw Date, or if there is a return of any notification as undeliverable; then he/she may, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Organizer, be disqualified (and, if disqualified, will forfeit all rights to the Prize) and the Contest Organizer reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and time permitting, to randomly select an alternate eligible entrant from among the remaining eligible Entries (in which case the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply to such newly selected entrant).   Before being declared THE CONFIRMED PRIZE winner, the selected entrant will be required to: (a) correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question without mechanical or other aid; and (b) sign and return within seven (7) business days of receipt of the declaration and release form for the benefit of the Released Parties (the “Release Form”) confirming namely (i) compliance with these Rules; (ii) acceptance of the Prize as awarded; and (iii) releasing the Released Parties from all liability in relation to this Contest. If the selected entrant: (a) fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question; (b) fails to return the properly executed Release Form within the specified time; (c) cannot accept (or is unwilling to accept) the Prize as awarded for any reason; and/or (d) is determined to be in violation of these Rules (all as determined by the Contest Organizer in its sole and absolute discretion); then he/she may, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Organizer, be disqualified (and, if disqualified, will forfeit all rights to the Prize) and the Contest Organizer reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and time permitting, to randomly select an alternate eligible entrant from among the remaining eligible Entries (in which case the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply to such newly selected entrant). There is a limit of one (1) Prize per participant and per household.   Each winner agrees to the publication, reproduction and/or other use of his/her Entry, name, address, voice, statements about the Contest and/or photograph or other likeness without further notice or additional compensation, in any publicity, advertisement or other promotional or commercial use carried out by or on behalf of the Contest Organizer in any media, current or existing, including print, broadcast or the internet.  

5. GENERAL CONDITIONS:

  All Entries become the property of the Contest Organizer. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. The decisions of the Contest Organizer with respect to all aspects of this Contest are final and binding on all entrants without right of appeal, including, without limitation, any decisions regarding the eligibility/disqualification of Entries and/or entrants. By participating in this Contest, you are agreeing to be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Rules. ANYONE DETERMINED TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THESE RULES FOR ANY REASON IS SUBJECT TO DISQUALIFICATION IN THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF THE CONTEST PARTIES AT ANY TIME.   The Contest Organizer, the Third Party Contest Suppliers and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) will not be liable for any loss, damages or injury, claims or fees related to or arising out of: (i) your participation in this Contest; (ii) any failure of the Website during the Contest; (iii) any technical malfunction or other problems relating to the telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment or software; (iv) fraudulent calls; (v) any delay or inability to act resulting from an event or situation beyond their control, including a strike, lockout or other labour dispute; (vi) the failure of any Entry to be received, captured or recorded for any reason, including, but not limited to, technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website; (vii) any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer or other device related to or resulting from participating in the Contest; (viii) the award, use of misuse of any Prize or any portion thereof; (ix) Prizes that are lost, damaged or misdirected during shipping and/or (x) any combination of the above.   The Contest Organizer reserves the right to withdraw, amend or suspend this Contest (or to amend these Rules) in any way, in the event of an error, technical problem, computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure or any other cause. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest in any way (as determined by Contest Organizer in its sole and absolute discretion) is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the Contest Organizer reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Contest Organizer reserves the right to cancel, amend or suspend this Contest, or to amend these Rules, in any way without prior notice or obligation, in the event of any accident, printing, administrative, or other error of any kind, or for any other reason whatsoever. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the Contest Organizer reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to administer an alternate test of skill as it deems appropriate based on the circumstances and/or to comply with applicable law.   The Contest Organizer reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, and without prior notice, to adjust any of the dates and/or timeframes stipulated in these Rules, to the extent necessary, for purposes of verifying compliance by any entrant or Entry with these Rules, or as a result of any technical or other problems, or in light of any other circumstances which, in the opinion of the Contest Organizer, in its sole and absolute discretion, affect the proper administration of the Contest as contemplated in these Rules, or for any other reason.   By entering this Contest, each entrant expressly authorizes the Contest Organizer and its respective agents and/or representatives, to store, share and use the personal information from his or her Account for the purpose of administering the Contest and Prize fulfillment including, without limitation, to communicate with the entrant about this Contest and his or her entry. You may also receive additional communications from Contest Organizer and/or its third party partners (as the case may be) about their products, services, upcoming events and promotions if you consent to receive such communications on the Website. You can opt out of receiving additional communications at any time during or following the Contest by following the unsubscribe instructions within any such communications, or by emailing a request to unsubscribe to unsubscribe@tc.tc. Please visit https://tctranscontinental.com/en/privacy-policy for details of Contest Organizer’s privacy policy regarding the use of personal information.   These Contest Rules are available at Transcontinental Media G.P.’s offices located at 25 Sheppard Avenue West, Suite 100, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6S7 and on the Website.The name of the Contest winner will be available on the Canadian Living website at https://www.canadianliving.comten (10) days at the latest after the Draw Date, for a minimum period of ten (10) days.   In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including, but not limited to: the Entry Form, Website, and/or point of sale, television, print or online advertising; the terms and conditions of the Rules shall prevail, govern and control to the fullest extent permitted by law.