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  • November/December 2008
    Holiday

    Celebrate the season in style with our holiday edition. Four local décor mavens offer tabletop themes to make your holiday parties sparkle, toast the holiday with fabulous new cocktail recipes and add a twist to your traditional turkey dinner with suggestions from local chefs. Our annual Gift Guide is the perfect place to start your holiday shopping with the finest our communities have to offer.

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  • September/October 2008
    Home & Décor

    Fall brings us back inside with our annual Home & Décor edition. Get a glimpse inside a pair of magnificent local abodes in our two featured home tours: one a heritage house, and one newly built. If you are feeling the need to feather your nest, feature articles about shopping for fine antiques, investing in art and glittering new lighting options are sure to inspire. Gracing our cover is restaurateur extraordinaire Michael Bonacini. He’s heading west of the city this fall for his latest gourmet venture, a restaurant right here in Oakville.

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  • July/August 2008
    Health & Beauty Edition

    This summer issue is devoted to all things healthy and beautiful. Learn about the latest fitness trends from local trainers, discover how to decrease your carbon footprint by making small changes at home, read about the newest “wonder” foods you should add to your diet, and how important it is to protect your skin from UV rays from our cities’ top dermatologists. Also see our annual guide to new cosmetic procedures. Don’t miss our Fashion spread featuring superb summer hair and makeup looks from several local salons and stylists.

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Enter for your chance to Win a $100 dining certificate for Cucci Ristorante in Oakville

Contest Entry closes: 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, December 14th 2008

Contest Draw: December 15th 2008 at 10:00 a.m. EST


West of the City giveaway RULES

1. Agreement: These rules govern the ("Contest"). No purchase is necessary to enter the Contest. The act of entering the Contest constitutes acceptance of the Contest rules and the decisions of the Contest judge.

2. No Purchase Entry: To enter the Contest without purchase, please click here. Contest entries are not accepted by mail.

3. Sponsor: The Contest sponsor is West of the City Magazine.(a publication of Metroland Media Group Ltd.).

4. Prize Contributors : The following companies are prize contributors and not sponsors of the Contest: Cucci Ristorante.

5. Eligibility: The Contest is open to all residents of Ontario only and have attained the age of majority (19), except for employees, immediate families and anyone living with any employee of the Sponsor or Prize Contributors or their respective corporate affiliates, advertising or promotional agencies. Limit of one entry per household.

6. Contest: Enter the Contest by visiting here and filling out the necessary information. The Contest begins at 12:01 a.m. EST on Sunday, November 9th 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, December 14th 2008. The selected contestant will be chosen by random draw, which will take place on December 15th 2008 at 10:00 a.m. EST. The selected contestant will be contacted by telephone or email by a representative of the Sponsor, and must reply within 48 hours to maintain eligibility. In order to be eligible to win, the selected contestant must correctly answer the skill-testing question.

7. Prize: One (1) $100 gift certificate for use at Cucci Ristorante. The prize will be mailed to the prize winner within five businesss days of acceptance. If the winner does not claim the prize within 48 hours of the draw, the next eligible entry selected by random draw will be contacted, and the first entrant selected will have no further claim to the prize.

8. Release: Prior to receiving the prize, the winner will be required to show valid photo ID and to sign an affidavit of eligibility and release form releasing the Sponsor and Prize Contributors and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, foundations and related companies, employees, directors, officers, suppliers, agents and sponsors, advertising and promotional agencies and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns of all liability, confirming compliance with the rules and consenting to the use of his or her name and photograph, without further compensation, in any publicity carried out by the Sponsor and/or its advertising and promotional agencies.

9. Privacy: We use your personal contact information to administer contests, including contacting, announcing and promoting prizewinners. In addition, we may use this information to send you offers or information from us, our affiliates and from selected sponsors or advertisers (“Marketing Offers”). If you do not wish to receive Marketing Offers, you may opt-out at any time by: following the instructions at the bottom of any email Marketing Offer you receive, informing your telemarketer at the time you are called with a Marketing Offer, calling 1-800-265-3673 and requesting that your personal information not be used for Marketing Offers, or emailing slennox@thespec.com and requesting that your personal information not be used for Marketing Offers. Contests are run in compliance with Formula Media Group privacy code, which may be found in full here.

10. Banning: The Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, prohibit any person from entering any contest whom it believes to be abusing the rules. Such abuse includes entering false information and entering more than once.

11. Other: All decisions of the Contest judge are final. Contests are governed by the laws of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. The Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify any contest or the contest rules at any time without notice. All prizes must be accepted as awarded, are non-transferable and are not convertible to cash. The Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prize or portion of the prize with a prize of equal or greater value. All prizes are awarded as-is and no warranties or guarantees are implied or expressed, beyond the standard manufacturer's warranty. The odds of winning depend on how many eligible entries are received. Neither the Sponsor nor the Prize Contributors are liable for any lost or stolen entries or inability to process entries, or any errors, damage or negligence that may arise in connection with this Contest, including technical failures on the part of Contest software, virus, website down-time, human error or property damage incurred by any Contest entrant. Contest void where prohibited by law.