2025 FishingBC App Salmon Contest

2025 FishingBC App Salmon Contest
OFFICIAL WINNERS

OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

Open to residents of British Columbia only

Please read these official contest rules (the “Rules”) in their entirety before entering this contest (the “Contest”). Do not enter the Contest unless you agree to these Rules. Participation in the Contest constitutes full and unconditional agreement and acceptance of these Rules which are final on all matters relating to the Contest.

1. HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST: Enter the contest through active use of the FishingBC App^* on your iPhone or Android device. The FishingBC App is free to download and use. Contest is open for a total of 53 days during the period between August 9th, 2025 at 9:00am (PT) and October 1st, 2025 at 5:00pm (PT) (the “Contest Period”). Only one (1) FishingBC App account per person is allowed during the Contest Period. Enter all mandatory fields to register an active FishingBC App account, including your name, e-mail address, postal code and phone number. No purchase is necessary to enter the Contest.

2. CONTEST ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to residents of British Columbia who have reached the age of majority, and excludes all employees (current and retired) of Traction Creative Communications Inc., all employees (current and retired) of Sport Fishing Institute of BC (the “Sponsor”), its advertising and promotional agencies, representatives and agents of the aforementioned parties, and a member of any such employee's immediate family (regardless of where they live) or persons with whom they are domiciled (whether related to the employee or not). In these Rules, “immediate family” includes mother, father, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, partner or spouse.

3. CONTEST CLOSE DATE: To be eligible, entries must be received on or before 5:00 PM (PT) on October 1st, 2025. Only one entry per person is allowed during the Contest Period. In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address in question. An authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an internet service provider or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the e-mail address in question. A potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

4. DESCRIPTION OF PRIZES: There will be three (3) Weekly Prizes available consisting of one (1) Yeti 591 ml Tumbler, retail value $45; one (1) Yeti 769 ml Bottle, retail value $50; and one (1) Yeti 207 ml Flask, retail value $65. The winner is solely responsible for paying all taxes and expenses which are not included in the Prize descriptions above, and all other costs incurred in claiming, or using the Prizes, unless any expenses are otherwise already paid by Sponsor.

5. PRIZE SUBSTITUTION: The Prizes are non-exchangeable, non-transferable, non-refundable, have no cash surrender value, and must be accepted as awarded with no substitutions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute the Prizes with other similar Prizes of equivalent or greater value, without liability and for any reason including, but not limited to: unavailability, delays, illness, shortages, adverse weather conditions or other unforeseen events, or any other reasons. Any unused portions of the Prizes will be forfeited and will have no cash value.

6. RANDOM DRAW: One eligible winner for each of the Prizes will be selected by random draw from all eligible entries received each week. The odds of winning the draw depend on the total number of eligible entries received. The draw will be held by the independent contest organization, Traction Creative Communications Inc., and shall take place at its head office, at #301 – 107 E 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC at approximately 2:00 PM (PT) on each Monday following the previous contest week. The Sponsor or the independent contest organization shall have a maximum of fourteen (14) days to attempt to contact the eligible winner. The first such contact will be attempted by telephone or e-mail within forty-eight (48) hours of the draw and, if unsuccessful, further attempts to contact the eligible winner will be made on three (3) further occasions by telephone or e-mail, at the discretion of the Sponsor. Once contacted, each eligible winner has a further fourteen (14) days to claim the relevant Prize, as described in paragraph 7 below. If an eligible winner cannot be contacted within fourteen (14) days of the draw, or if contacted, does not claim his or her Prize within fourteen (14) days of being contacted, or does not meet all of the Contest conditions, he/she will forfeit the Prize, and another entry will be selected from all remaining eligible entries. If the independent contest organization is unable to contact an eligible winner after attempting to contact two (2) eligible winners for a particular Prize, or if no eligible winner claims a particular Prize, such Prize will be forfeited and will not be awarded.

7. GENERAL CONDITIONS: To win, an eligible winner must first have complied with the Rules and correctly answered, unaided, a time limited skill testing question to be administered by e-mail or telephone by the independent contest organization at a prearranged mutually convenient time. Eligible winners will then be instructed on how to claim the respective Prizes, which will consist of the following: (a) signing a standard release form (the “Release”) confirming compliance with and agreement to be bound by these Rules; (b) acceptance of the relevant Prize as awarded; (d) releasing the Sponsor, its directors, officers, partners, and employees, from any and all liability; and (e) complying with any other reasonable requests for information by the Sponsor, or the independent contest organization. As stated in paragraph 6, eligible winners have fourteen (14) days after they are contacted by the Sponsor or the independent contest organization to claim the relevant Prize, otherwise such Prize will be forfeited. The decision of the Sponsor is final. Entries are subject to verification, and the Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify a person if he/she enters this Contest or tries to do so by any means contrary to these Rules or which would be unfair to other entrants or where Contest entries are generated by any unauthorized mechanical or automated means. Entry materials that have been tampered with, reproduced, falsified or altered are void. In the event that an eligible winner is disqualified for any reason, the relevant Prize may be awarded to an alternate winner by random draw from among all remaining eligible Contest entries. Any attempt to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of law and may be subject to remedies and damages, including criminal prosecution. This Contest is subject to all federal, provincial and municipal laws of Canada. This Contest is void where prohibited.

8. PUBLICITY: By entering the Contest, each entrant agrees to be bound by these Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and/or independent contest organization, and consents to the use of his or her name, address (city and province), photograph, image and/or voice without payment or compensation, in connection with any publicity or advertising in any medium carried out by or on behalf of the Sponsor with respect to this Contest. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned.

9. MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION: The Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or amend the Rules or the administration of this Contest, or to suspend this Contest in whole or in part, at any time and in any way, without prior notice with no obligation or liability. Without limiting the foregoing, if, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, whether due to technical failure, computer virus, tampering, fraud, or corruption of security or proper administration of the Contest or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor, the Sponsor reserves the right to select a winner by random draw from among all valid entries received up to the time of cancellation, termination or suspension.

10. LIABILITY: The Sponsor, its affiliated and related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, the independent contest organization and their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors, insurers and assigns shall not be responsible for any injuries, loss or damages of any kind (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential or otherwise) with respect to, or in any way arising from, this Contest or the Prizes awarded, including but not limited to: (i) lost, stolen, not received, destroyed, damaged, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, fraudulent or late entries, and all such entries will be void and not eligible; (ii) failure to receive entries for any reason or technical failures or errors of any kind, including but not limited to incorrect or inaccurate capture or loss of entry information, technical malfunctions, human or technical error, printing errors, lost, delayed or garbled data or transmissions, omissions, interruption, deletion, defect or failures of any telephone or computer lines or networks, computer equipment, servers, software, traffic congestion on the internet or any website, any other online communication problems, or any combination thereof; (iii) seeding or printing or typographical errors in any Contest related material or human error; or (iv) any injury or damage to a participant's or to any other person's computer system(s) due to viruses or breaches of privacy from interference by third party computers. Entries that have been tampered with or altered are void. If it is determined that an entrant has entered the Contest in a fashion not sanctioned by these Rules, the entrant will be disqualified and his or her entry will be disqualified. A Prize winner's refusal or inability to accept the relevant Prize shall release the Sponsor from all obligations to that person. In no event shall the Sponsor be held to award more prizes than what is mentioned in these Rules or to award prizes otherwise than in compliance with these Rules. THE SPONSOR, ITS AFFILIATED AND RELATED COMPANIES, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCIES, THE INDEPENDENT CONTEST ORGANIZATION AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS, INSURERS AND ASSIGNS MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE WEEKLY PRIZES, OR ANY OTHER COMPONENT OF THE CONTEST.

11. PRIVACY STATEMENT AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION: We take your privacy seriously, and respect your right to privacy. By taking part in this Contest, you will be sharing with us certain personal information which will be used by the Sponsor to administer the Contest and, only if consent is given, to provide you with personalized special offers, event invitations and promotions that may be of interest to you. If you indicate your consent, the Sponsor and the independent contest organization may collect and use: (a) information you provide including your age and contact information to qualify you for the Contest, and to contact you and provide ongoing service regarding the same; (b) your contact information in order to contact you about other promotions, events, products and services offered by the Sponsor; (c) other personal information you provide, including your expressed preferences and opinions, in order to contact you about promotions, events, products and services in which the Sponsor believes you would be most interested; and (d) information you provide to comply with the law and regulatory requirements.

12. OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES: These are the official Contest Rules. Copies of the Contest Rules are available by writing to Traction Creative Communications Inc., at #301 – 107 E 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC  V5T 1C7.