Prairie Bodega Official Rules

Each Prairie Bodega contest (“Contest”) is offered by Prairie Bodega (“Contest Sponsor”) and is administered by the Contest Sponsor.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER.

General Contest Information

Go to prairiebodega.ca and find the Contest Details (“Contest Details”) for the Prairie Bodega Contests which are underway at any time. You can play and receive entries into the drawings for a chance to win the prize or prizes for each Contest as set out in Rule 4 below. You can also enter a free entry without making a purchase as also described in Rule 4 below. The following rules apply to each Contest.

Contest Rules

1. Contest Dates

The “Contest Start Date” and the “Contest End Date” are set out in the Contest Details for each Contest. The Contest begins at 12:01 a.m. Central Standard Time (“CST”) on the Contest Start Date and is scheduled to end at 11:59 p.m. CST on the Contest End Date. The period between the Contest Start Date and the Contest End Date is known as the “Contest Period”.

2. Contest Prize/Prizes

The prize or prizes for each Contest are set out in the Contest Details for that Contest (“Contest Prize”).

3. Who can Play

The Contest is open to all legal residents of Canada, excluding residents of Québec, who are individuals and who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence as of the Contest Start Date. Prairie Bodega reserves the right to require proof of age and jurisdiction of residence prior to awarding any prize. Employees, agents and representatives of Prairie Bodega and its affiliates and its advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to win, nor are the spouse, parents, children, or any person that resides with any such employee, agent or representative.

4. How to Enter

(a) Purchase Entry: Purchase the qualifying product or one of the qualifying products specified in the Contest Details from the Prairie Bodega store and receive an entry for the Contest as specified in the Contest Details. You may receive more than one entry for certain Contests if specified in the Contest Details. You must provide a valid e-mail address. All purchases must be made and payment received in full by 11:59 p.m. CST on the Contest End Date.

(b) No Purchase Entry: You can obtain a No Purchase Entry without making a purchase by clearly printing the Contest Name from the Contest Details, your name, complete residential address, phone number and a valid e-mail address on a 3″ × 5″ card and signing your name at the bottom of the card, and mailing the card together with:

(i) one original colour photograph of yourself at your favourite thrift store; and

(ii) an original 250-word handwritten essay describing why that store is your favourite thrift store,

in an envelope with proper postage to: “Prairie Bodega Contest Entries” c/o #174 – 918 Albert St, Regina, SK S4R 2P7. Your face in the photograph must be readily identifiable. A new photograph must be submitted with each No Purchase Entry request, and photographs previously submitted in any Contest will not qualify. The essay must be handwritten by you and not copied, in whole or in part, from another essay or another source, and a new essay must be submitted with each No Purchase Entry request. An essay previously submitted in any Contest will not qualify. All No Purchase Entries must be delivered to Prairie Bodega at the above address by 11:59 p.m. CST on the Contest End Date to qualify. Prairie Bodega is not responsible for any lost, late, damaged, incomplete, illegible, misdirected, undeliverable, or postage due mail.

(c) All entries become the property of Prairie Bodega and will not be returned.

(d) Prairie Bodega will combine qualifying No Purchase Entries and Purchase Entries prior to the drawing for the prize of each Contest.

5. Odds

Odds for winning any prize depend upon the number of valid entries received for each Contest.

6. Winner Selection, Notification and Skill Testing Question

(a) Draws will be held as follows:

(i) Draws will take place via a live broadcast linked from the Contest Sponsor’s website, usually within 2 business days of verification of all qualified entries.

(ii) Potential winners will be determined at random using the independent randomizer at Random.org. Each qualified entry is assigned a numbered spot on the Contest board, and the winning entry is selected using Random.org’s Multi-Round Giveaway Service, conducted live on the broadcast, which produces a public record of the draw that anyone can verify. A link to the record will be posted on the Contest Sponsor’s website after the draw.

(iii) The entrant selected will be announced on the live broadcast, and that person will be notified by their alias being posted on the Contest Sponsor’s website and by e-mail.

(iv) Any person whose entry is selected must answer a mathematical skill testing question without the use of a calculator, computer or other mechanical aid, with the person having 5 minutes and 1 chance to answer the question correctly. Skill testing questions will be conducted by way of a recorded video or voice call.

(v) If the first entrant selected does not answer the question correctly as required in (iv), a second entrant will be selected at random by repeating the above process via a further Random.org draw from the remaining qualified entries, and the second entrant will be given the same skill testing question. If the second entrant selected does not answer the question correctly, a third entrant will be selected at random by repeating the above process, and the third entrant will be given the same skill testing question.

(vi) In the event that all 3 entrants are unable to answer the skill testing question correctly as required in (iv), the first entrant selected will be provided with a new mathematical skill testing question. In the event the first entrant selected is unable to answer the new question correctly, the second entrant selected will be provided with the new skill testing question. In the event the second entrant selected is unable to answer the question correctly, the third entrant selected will be provided with the new skill testing question. This process will continue until an individual whose entry was selected answers the skill testing question correctly as required in (iv). That person shall be declared the winner, and the winner’s alias will be posted on the Contest Sponsor’s website as the winner of the Contest in question.

(vii) The Contest Sponsor will make at least 3 attempts to contact the person whose entry is selected using the e-mail address provided at the time of entry. If contact cannot be made and the skill testing question cannot be carried out within 3 days of the day the entry is selected for the first skill testing question, or within 2 days of the day the entry is selected for a subsequent skill testing question, the person shall be disqualified from the Contest in question. The Contest Sponsor may, at its sole discretion, extend the time if circumstances warrant an extension.

(b) As a condition of awarding any Contest Prize, the Contest Sponsor may, at its discretion, require the winner to sign and return to the Contest Sponsor within 7 days of receipt a Statement of Compliance and Release Agreement under which, among other matters, the winner confirms their compliance and eligibility with these Official Rules and releases and indemnifies Prairie Bodega, its employees, agents, representatives and advertising and promotional agencies from all claims, damages and causes of action arising or to arise by reason of the acceptance of or the use of the prize (“Release Agreement”). A Release Agreement may not be required for all Contests. If a winner refuses or fails to return the Release Agreement within the time required, or is deemed ineligible to receive a prize for any reason, the winner may be disqualified and will be deemed to have forfeited the Contest Prize in question. The Release Agreement is in addition to the release and discharge provisions set out in Rule 9.

(c) You will be contacted only in the event your entry is selected.

7. Delivery of Contest Prizes

(a) Any Contest Prizes that cannot be shipped or mailed using Canada Post, or a similar delivery service, must be claimed at a place specified by the Contest Sponsor in the Province of Saskatchewan within 15 days of the date the winner is declared. It is intended that this provision will apply to larger Contest Prizes only.

(b) When the Contest Prize is of a nature that can be mailed or shipped through Canada Post or a similar delivery service, the winner shall, within 7 days of a request by the Contest Sponsor, provide the Contest Sponsor in writing with the address to which the Contest Prize can be mailed or shipped. The cost of mailing or shipping is the responsibility of the winner, unless the Contest Sponsor indicates otherwise.

8. Publicity

Acceptance of a prize or submission of a prize claim constitutes permission for Prairie Bodega to use your name, photograph or other likeness for advertising, marketing, public relations or other promotional purposes in any media without limitation or further compensation.

9. Release and Discharge

As a condition of entering any Contest, the entrant, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns release and forever discharge Prairie Bodega, its employees, agents, representatives, affiliates and advertising and promotional agencies from and against any and all Claims (which term includes without limitation all costs and liabilities of any kind [including solicitor fees], actions, claims, causes of action or proceedings for damages), including any claims arising from any act of negligence of Prairie Bodega, its employees, agents, representatives, affiliates and advertising and promotional agencies, that the entrant now has or may hereafter have against any one or more of them, directly or indirectly resulting or arising from:

(a) participation in the Contest;

(b) the manner in which the draw selection process is carried out and a winner determined;

(c) the awarding and acceptance of the Contest Prize;

(d) the use or misuse of the Contest Prize.

It is understood there may be risks of bodily injury, death or property damage associated with the use or misuse of any Contest Prize, and you voluntarily assume these risks.

10. General

(a) Contest Prizes shall be accepted “as is”. It is understood that the Contest Sponsor and any of its employees, agents, representatives and promotional agencies have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, including but not limited to any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, regarding the Contest Prize.

(b) The winner may be required to pay taxes associated with the awarding of any Contest Prize.

(c) Any claim or dispute with respect to the Contest, the Contest Prize or these Rules shall be governed by the laws of Canada and of the Province of Saskatchewan, and any proceedings in relation to such claim or dispute shall be dealt with exclusively by the Courts of Saskatchewan, and any such claims, disputes or proceedings shall be dealt with exclusively in the Judicial Centre of Regina in the Province of Saskatchewan.