Our Canada – August-September 2019

SPOT THE LOONIE

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or mail submission to:

Our Canada, P.O. Box 988,

STN Main Markham, Ont.,

L3P 0M1.

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PHOTOS For digital images, set your camera

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We’ve hidden a loonie somewhere in this

issue (not the one at left). Tell us where

you found it for a chance to win $50.

In the June-July issue,

we hid the loonie on

page 36 within the A Taste

of Canada section. We’ll

publish our latest winning

loonie-spotters in an

upcoming issue.

EXCERPT OF SPOT THE LOONIE
2019-2020 OFFICIAL RULES
The “Spot the Loonie” contest oered on the Internet and
in both Our Canada and More of Our Canada magazines
as well as in any other publication and calendar of
Our Canada (published by Reader’s Digest Magazines
Canada Limited (RD, the Sponsor) is open to all Canadian
residents, who, at the time of participation, have reached
the age of majority according to the law of the province
or territory in which they reside.
A random draw of five (5) correctly answered entries
will be held at the Reader’s Digest o‰ce in Montreal,
at 11:00 a.m. on each of the following draw dates, from
among a pool of daily sampling collected at an equal
ratio among mail and internet entries: October 2, 2019;
December 3, 2019; February 4, 2020; April 2, 2020; June
3, 2020; and August 4, 2020. Each winner will receive a
cheque for $50.00. Each entry drawn, in order to qualify,
must have correctly “spotted the loonie” in one of the
magazines or other documents where the contest is
oered. All entries must be returned by the close date
of July 31, 2020, 23:59:59 (EDT) in order to be entered
for the final winner selection date of August 4, 2020.
No purchase is necessary or required to enter and to win.
Online: Go to https://www.readersdigest.ca/travel/
canada/spot-the-loonie/ and follow the instructions to
tell us where you have spotted the loonie.
By Mail: Write your answer (including the issue and
page number) on a postcard or in a letter and return to:
Spot the Loonie Contest, P.O. Box 975, STN Main,
Markham, Ont., L3P 0K7.
One entry per person, per day is allowed. One “day”
is 00:00:00 to 23:59:59. Complete rules are available on
line at http://www.ourcanada.ca/spottheloonierules2019-2020
or you can write to “Spot the Loonie” Contest, Reader’s
Digest Prize Administrator’s O‰ce, 5101 Buchan Street,
COIN IMAGE: ALL CANADA PHOTOS Montreal, Quebec H4P 1S4.

64 Our Canada AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2019