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2010 CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. THE CONTEST

These Rules and Regulations apply to all contests running on the GlobalFest website, www.globalfest.ca (the "2010 Contest").

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2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

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3. ELIGIBILITY

The Contests are open to all Canadian residents (excluding those of Calgary and area), who are 18 years of age or older, excluding employees, directors and officers of GlobalFest, Astral Media, Blackfoot Inn, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, Sun Media Corporation, Travel Alberta, any affiliate of GlobalFest, Astral Media, Blackfoot Inn, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, Sun Media Corporation, Travel Alberta, employees, directors and officers any organization sponsoring a particular Contest (the "Sponsor(s)"), employees, directors and officers of their respective advertising and promotional agencies, as well as family members of any of the foregoing.

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4. HOW TO ENTER AND WIN

People can enter the contest by accessing the website, www.globalfest.ca, and filling out the online ballot provided.

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5. DEADLINE FOR CLAIMING PRIZES

Prize winners must claim his or her prize within ten (10) days of winning (the "Deadline"). If a prize winner fails either to claim the prize or to inform GlobalFest of his or her inability to claim the prize before the Deadline, his or her entry will be forfeited and another eligible entrant will be selected.

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6. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF ENTRIES PERMITTED

Only one entry per person is permitted for the Contest. Multiple entries will be discarded. No more than one prize will be awarded to any person. Entrants will be required to show valid identification when claiming a prize, and entrants who breach this condition of entry will be disqualified. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are reproduced, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way.

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7. EXPENSES

Every prize winner is responsible for all incidental expenses incurred in connection with accepting the prize, including, but not limited to, transportation costs to and from originating airports (or transportation costs if winner is from Southern Alberta), transportation costs while in Calgary, AB and daily expenses (i.e. food and beverage), and expenses at GlobalFest 2010 (i.e. food outside of VIP Village and beverages on-site). The prize winner understands that he or she may not seek reimbursement for the Expenses from GlobalFest, the Affiliates, the Sponsor(s) or their respective advertising and promotional agencies.

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8. CHANCES OF WINNING

Chances of winning depend on the number of entries at the deadline of the Contest.

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9. NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES

GlobalFest, Astral Media, Blackfoot Inn, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, Sun Media Corporation, Travel Alberta make no representation nor offers any warranty, express or implied, as to the quality or fitness of any prize. All prize winners understand and acknowledge that he or she may not seek reimbursement or pursue any legal or equitable remedy from GlobalFest, Astral Media, Blackfoot Inn, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, Sun Media Corporation, Travel Alberta should any particular prize fail to be fit for its purpose or is in any way unsatisfactory to the prize winner.

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10. DECLARATION AND RELEASE OF PRIZE WINNER

Before being awarded the prize, the prize winner must:

a) Sign a standard form confirming that by entering the Contest:

• he or she has read, understood and accepted these rules and regulations;
• that he or she understands that acceptance of the prize may involve danger and/or exposure to risks and hazards of both man-made and natural origin, whether arising from foreseeable or unforeseeable human error and negligence, and that, as a result, he or she may suffer damage to personal property, serious personal injury, illness or even death;
• that he or she nevertheless freely and voluntarily agrees and does hereby assume any and all risks of personal injury, illness, death arising out of or connected with his or her participation in the Contest and winning the prize; and
• that he or she releases GlobalFest, Astral Media, SunMedia Corporation, the Affiliates, the Sponsor(s), and all of their directors, officers, employees, agents as well as their respective advertising and promotional agencies (collectively, the "Releases") from any and all liability arising in connection with participation in the Contest and acceptance of the prize, including, without limitation, any financial, legal or moral responsibility or loss or personal injury including death or damage to or loss of property suffered or incurred or arising from participating in the Contest or accepting the prize, whether suffered by the prize winner, or by his or her heirs, administrators, personal representatives or executors, and notwithstanding that such injuries or losses may have been caused solely or partly by any act, omission, negligence or gross negligence of any or all of the Releases.

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11. PRIZES TO BE ACCEPTED AS AWARDED

The decision of the Contest judges is final, and the prize must be accepted as awarded. No portion of the prize is transferable or exchangeable. The prize is not redeemable for cash and no substitute for any portion of the Grand Prize is offered. Should the prize winner be unable to claim the prize as awarded, his or her entry will be forfeited and another eligible Contest participant will be selected.

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12. SUBSTITUTION OR CHANGE TO THE CONTEST

GlobalFest and their respective advertising and promotional agencies reserve the right to substitute a prize or any component thereof, for those of approximately the same value and reserve the right to change the Contest rules or terminate or withdraw the Contest at any time, without prior notice.

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13. OWNERSHIP OF ENTRIES

All entries shall become the property of GlobalFest. The Releases assume no responsibility for lost, stolen, destroyed or otherwise indecipherable entries due to any failure or technical malfunction of the telephone network, on-line computer systems of equipment, servers, access providers, software, poor reception, technical problems, failure of any email or submission or due to any other reason regardless of cause.

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14. CONSENT TO COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

By entering the Contest and voluntarily providing personal information including, but not limited to, name, address, city, email address, home and office telephone numbers (the "Registrant Information"), each Contest entrant grants permission to GlobalFest the collection and use of the Registrant Information for the exclusive purpose of administering the Contests and selecting the prize winner(s). No correspondence will take place between GlobalFest, the Sponsor(s) and the entrants except in connection with the Contests and, in the case of a prize winner, as a result of entering one of the Contests and winning a prize.

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15. COMPLIANCE WITH CONTEST RULES

All contestants agree to abide by these Contest Rules and Regulations, which are subject to change at the sole discretion of GlobalFest.

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16. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

This Contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all federal, provincial, territorial and municipal laws and regulations of Canada and of each province, territory and municipality of Canada, respectively.

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