Terms and Conditions of Use
Last updated on: March 4, 2010
Bear Creek Landscaping ("we", "us" and terms of similar meaning) provides this web site
(in these terms we call this site and any successor websites, and any software provided by Bear Creek Landscaping
for use with the site, the "Site") to you subject to these terms and conditions of use (these "Terms")
. Please read these Terms carefully before using the Site. By accessing or using the Site or by
merely browsing the Site you agree to be legally bound by these Terms and all terms, policies and
guidelines incorporated by reference in these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms in their
entirety, you may not use the Site.
(1) Any Prices appearing on this website are subject to applicable taxes and to changes without notice. (2) All Products and Services described on this website are subject to availability on date of order and thereafter, on delivery. (3) Product colour and consistency of size may vary within the same purchase, or from one purchase to the other. (4) Actual Product sold and/or delivered may differ from Product illustrated on this website. (5) Deliveries of Product are limited to the Grande Prairie area. (6) Delivery service may be interrupted, suspended or discontinued at any time without notice. (7) One pail represents 5 imperial gallons. (8) 41 five gallon pails represents 1 (one) cubic yard. (9) Volume estimates are rounded up to the nearest unit of measure.
This Site is not intended to be used by children. You must be at least of the age of majority to use this Site.
In these Terms, our customers and their staff members to whom they give "staff" access to their
account are called "Subscribers", and our customers’ customers who use the Site are called "Customers". In these Terms users of the
Site, whether they are Subscribers, Customers, members, or casual browsers of the Site, are called "Users".
Bear Creek Landscaping reserves the right to change or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in these
Terms, or any policy or guideline of the Site, at any time and in its sole discretion.
Unless otherwise specified, any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting
of the revisions on the Site, and your continued use of the Site after such time will constitute your
acceptance of such changes or modifications. You should from time to time review the Terms and any
policies and documents incorporated in them to understand the terms and conditions that apply to your
use of the Site. The Terms will always show the ‘last updated’ date at the top. If you do not agree
to any amended Terms, you must stop using the Site. .
The services we provide through the Site are for your own use only. You may not resell, lease or provide
them in any other way to anyone else.
1. Privacy Policy
Please refer to Bear Creek Landscaping privacy policy, available at (the "Privacy Policy") for information on how Bear Creek Landscaping
collects, uses and discloses personally identifiable information from its users. By using the Site you agree
to our use, collection and disclosure of personally identifiable information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
2. Registration Data; Account Security
If you register for an account on the Site, you agree to (a) provide accurate, current and complete information
as may be prompted by any registration forms on the Site ("Registration Data"); (b) maintain the security of your
password; (c) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you provide to Bear Creek Landscaping ,
and to keep it accurate, current and complete; and (d) accept all risks of unauthorized access to the Registration
Data and any other information you provide to Bear Creek Landscaping. You are responsible for all activity on your Bear Creek Landscaping
account, and for all charges incurred by your Bear Creek Landscaping account.
3. Fees; Charges; Taxes
Fees and any other charges for the use of the Site are described on the Site. They may change from time to time.
If they do change, your continued use of the Site
after the change indicates your agreement with the new fees and charges after the effective date of the change.
You are responsible for all taxes applicable to the fees in any applicable jurisdiction.
4. Ownership, Copyright and Trademarks
In these Terms the content on the Site, including all information, data, logos, marks, designs, graphics, pictures,
sound files, other files, and their selection and arrangement, is called "Content". Content provided by Users,
whether they are Subscribers, Customers or other Users, is called "User Content". For example, data about its
Customers that a Subscriber provides to the Site is User Content of that Subscriber, data about its payments that
a Customer provides to the Site is User Content of that Customer.
User Content is that User’s property. Bear Creek Landscaping only right to that User Content is the limited licenses to
it granted in these Terms. Those licenses are described in Section 5 and Section 16 of these Terms.
Other than the User Content, the Site, all Content and all software available on the Site or used to create
and operate the Site is the property of Bear Creek Landscaping or its licensors, and is protected by Canadian and international
copyright laws, and all rights to the Site, such Content and such software are expressly reserved. All trademarks,
registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos mentioned in the Site are the property of their
respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark,
manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation
thereof by Bear Creek Landscaping.
5. Your Limited License of Your User Content to Bear Creek Landscaping
We do not claim any ownership interest in your User Content, but we do need the right to use your User Content
to the extent necessary to operate the Site, and provide the services provided by the Site, now and in the future.
Therefore, by posting or distributing User Content to or through the Site, you (a) grant Bear Creek Landscaping and its
affiliates and subsidiaries a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable right to use, display, perform, reproduce,
distribute, publish, modify, adapt, translate, and create derivative works from such User Content on the Site, in
the manner in and for the purposes for which the Site from time to time uses such User Content; (b) represent and
warrant that (i) you own and control all of the rights to the User Content that you post or otherwise distribute,
or you otherwise have the lawful right to post and distribute that User Content, to or through the Site; and (ii)
the use and posting or other transmission of such User Content does not violate these Terms and will not violate
any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity.
If your User Content is intended for the use of other Users, you also grant us and our affiliates and subsidiaries
a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable right to sublicense such User Content to such Users for their use in
connection with their use of the Site, as described in Section 5 of these Terms.
These licenses from you are non-exclusive because you have the right to use your User Content elsewhere. They are
royalty-free because we are not required to pay you for the use of your User Content on the Site. And they are
transferable because we need the right to transfer these licenses to any successor operator of the Site. Our
rights to "modify, adapt, translate, and create derivative works from" are necessary because the normal operation
of the Site does this to your User Content when it processes it for use in the Site.
6. Our Limited License of Content to You
Bear Creek Landscaping grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license to access the Site and to view,
copy and print the portions of the Content available to you on the Site. Such license is subject to these Terms,
and specifically conditioned upon the following: (i) you may only view, copy and print such portions of the
Content for your own use; (ii) you may not modify or otherwise make derivative works of the Site or the Content,
or reproduce, distribute or display the Site or any Content (except for page cacheing) except as expressly
permitted in these Terms; (iii) you may not remove or modify any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary
notices that have been placed in the Content; (iv) you may not use any data mining, robots or similar data
gathering or extraction methods; and (v) you may not use the Site or the Content other than for its intended
purpose.
Except as expressly permitted above, any use of any portion of the Content without the prior written permission
of its owner is strictly prohibited and will terminate the license granted in this Section, this Agreement and
your account with us. Any such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws, including without limitation
copyright and trademark laws. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Terms may be construed as
conferring any license to intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. The
license in this Section is revocable by Bear Creek Landscaping at any time.
You represent and warrant that your use of the Site and the Content will be consistent with this license and
will not infringe or violate the rights of any other party or breach any contract or legal duty to any other
parties, or violate any applicable law.
To request permission for uses of Content not included in this license, you may contact Bear Creek Landscaping at the address
set out at the bottom of these Terms.
7. Use of Interactive Areas and the Site
The Site may contain discussion forums, bulletin boards, review services or other forums in which you or third
parties may post reviews or other content, messages, materials or other items on the Site ("Interactive Areas").
If Bear Creek Landscaping provides such Interactive Areas, you are solely responsible for your use of such Interactive Areas
and use them at your own risk. User Content submitted to any public area of the Site will be considered
non-confidential. By using any Interactive Areas, you expressly agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute,
store, create or otherwise publish through the Site any of the following:
Any message, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, code or other material that is unlawful,
libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of
privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable;
Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offences, violate the rights of
any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law;
Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary
right of any party;
Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or
entity;
Unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising or solicitations;
Private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email
addresses and credit card numbers, unless that third party has expressly consented to such use;
Viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files;
Content that is unrelated to the topic of the Interactive Area(s) in which such Content is posted; or
Content that, in the sole judgment of Bear Creek Landscaping, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other
person from using or enjoying the Interactive Areas or the Site, or which may expose Bear Creek Landscaping or its affiliates or
its users to any harm or liability of any type.
Finally, Bear Creek Landscaping has a "zero-tolerance" policy towards SPAM: you may not use the Interactive Areas or the Site
generally to send commercial or other messages to any third-party if those messages are not solicited, authorized
or welcomed by the third-party, and in your use of the Site you must comply with all applicable laws, including
laws that apply in any jurisdiction to SPAM and marketing practices, and with any applicable marketing association
guidelines on ethical marketing practices.
Any use of the Interactive Areas or other portions of the Site in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms
and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Interactive Areas and/or
the Site.
8. Providing a Reliable and Secure Service
If you have spent any time reviewing the Site, you will hopefully have noticed that we take reliability and
security seriously. We put a great deal of effort into ensuring that our service operates all the time, and that
it is a secure environment for your data. We use what we believe to be "best-of-class" hosting services and
security technologies and services that we believe provide you with a secure and safe environment.
For example, Bear Creek Landscaping does not store credit card information unless the Subscriber inputs credit card data into
the billing feature within Bear Creek Landscaping.
However, no system is perfectly secure or reliable, the internet is an inherently insecure medium, and the
reliability of hosting services, internet intermediaries, your internet service provider, and other service
providers cannot be assured. When you use Bear Creek Landscaping, you accept these risks, and the responsibility for choosing to
use a technology that does not provide perfect security or reliability.
9. Links to Other Sites
The Site may contain links to third-party Web sites ("Third-Party Sites") and third-party content ("Third-Party
Content") as a service to those interested in this information. Third-Party Sites include payment processors and
other payment intermediaries that you may use in connection with your use of the Site. You use links to Third-Party
Sites, and any Third-Party Content or service provided there at your own risk. Bear Creek Landscaping does not monitor or have
any control over, and makes no claim or representation regarding, Third-Party Content or Third-Party Sites.
Bear Creek Landscaping provides these links only as a convenience, and a link to a Third-Party Site or Third-Party Content does
not imply Bear Creek Landscaping' endorsement, adoption or sponsorship of, or affiliation with, such Third-Party Site or
Third-Party Content. Bear Creek Landscaping accepts no responsibility for reviewing changes or updates to, or the quality,
content, policies, nature or reliability of, Third-Party Content, Third-Party Sites, or Web sites linking to the
Site. When you leave the Site, our terms and policies no longer govern. You should review applicable terms and
policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any Third-Party Site, and should make whatever
investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any transaction with any third party.
10. Advertisements and Promotions
Bear Creek Landscaping may run advertisements and promotions from third parties on the Site. Your business dealings or
correspondence with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers other than Bear Creek Landscaping, and any terms, conditions,
warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third party. Bear Creek Landscaping
is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as
the result of the presence of third-party advertisers on the Site.
11. Warranty Disclaimer
The Site, the Content and the services provided by the Site are provided to you on an "as is" basis without
warranties from Bear Creek Landscaping of any kind, either express or implied. Bear Creek Landscaping expressly disclaims all other warranties,
express or implied, including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose, title and non-infringement. Bear Creek Landscaping does not represent or warrant that Content is accurate, complete,
reliable, current or error-free, and expressly disclaims any warranty or representation as to the accuracy or
proprietary character of the Site, the Content or any portion thereof.
While Bear Creek Landscaping attempts to make your access to and use of the Site safe, Bear Creek Landscaping does not represent or warrant
that the Site or any Content are free of viruses or other harmful components.
12. Limitation of Liability; Indemnity
You waive and shall not assert any claims or allegations of any nature whatsoever against Bear Creek Landscaping, its affiliates
or subsidiaries, their sponsors, contractors, advertisers, vendors or other partners, any of their successors or
assigns, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents or employees (collectively, the "Released Parties")
arising out of or in any way relating to your use of the Site or the Content, including, without limitation, any
claims or allegations relating to the alleged infringement of proprietary rights, alleged inaccuracy of Content,
or allegations that any Released Party has or should indemnify, defend or hold harmless you or any third party
from any claim or allegation arising from your use or other exploitation of the Site. You use the Site at your
own risk.
Without limitation of the foregoing, neither Bear Creek Landscaping nor any other Released Party shall be liable for any direct,
special, indirect or consequential damages, or any other damages of any kind, including but not limited to loss of
use, loss of profits or loss of data, whether in an action in contract, tort (including but not limited to
negligence) or otherwise, arising out of or in any way connected with the use of the Site or the Content, including
without limitation any damages caused by or resulting from your reliance on the Site or other information obtained
from Bear Creek Landscaping or any other Released Party or accessible via the Site, or that result from mistakes, errors,
omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or email, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission or any
failure of performance, whether or not resulting from acts of god, communications failure, theft, destruction or
unauthorized access to Bear Creek Landscaping or any other Released Party's records, programs or Services.
In no event shall the aggregate liability of Bear Creek Landscaping, whether in contract, warranty, tort (including negligence,
whether active, passive or imputed), product liability, strict liability or other theory, arising out of or
relating to the use of the Site exceed any compensation paid by you for access to or use of the Site during the
three months prior to the date of any claim.
You shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Bear Creek Landscaping and the other Released Parties from any loss, damages,
liabilities, costs, expenses, claims and proceedings arising out of your use of the Site, and if you are a
Subscriber, from your Customers’ use of the Site and from the use of the Site by any person to whom you give access
to your account (including as staff), including any claims made by any person that any of your, and if you are a
Subscriber, your Customers’, User Content infringes the rights, including the intellectual property rights, of any
third party.
13. Communications
Notices that we give you (other than notice of amendment of these Terms, which is discussed in the introduction of
these Terms) may be provided in any of the following ways. First, we may email you at the contact information you
provide in your Registration Data. Second, we may post a notice to Subscribers and Customers in the dashboard area
of your account on the Site. Third, we may post the notice elsewhere on the Site. When we post notices on the Site,
we post them in the area of the Site suitable to the notice. It is your responsibility to periodically review the
Site for notices.
Subject to the Privacy Policy, if you send to Bear Creek Landscaping or post on the Site in any public area any information,
ideas, inventions, concepts, techniques or know-how ("User Submissions"), for any purpose, including the developing,
manufacturing and/or marketing or products or services incorporating such information, you acknowledge that
Bear Creek Landscaping can use the User Submissions without acknowledgement or compensation to you, and you waive any claim of
ownership or compensation or other rights you may have in relation to the User Submissions. If you wish to
preserve any interest you might have in your User Submissions, you should not post them to the Site or send them
to us.
14. Applicable Law and Venue
The Site is controlled by Bear Creek Landscaping and operated from Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. You and
Bear Creek Landscaping both benefit from establishing a predictable legal environment in regard to the Site. Therefore, you and
Bear Creek Landscaping explicitly agree that all disputes, claims or other matters arising from or relating to your use of the
Site will be governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to these Terms.
Except where prohibited by applicable law, any claim, dispute or controversy (whether in contract or tort, pursuant
to statute or regulation, or otherwise, and whether preexisting, present or future) arising out of or relating to
these Terms; (b) the Site or Content; (c) oral or written statements, advertisements or promotions relating to
these Terms or to the Site; or (d) the relationships that result from these Terms or the Site or Content
(collectively, a "Claim") will be referred to and determined by a sole arbitrator (to the exclusion of the courts).
Except where prohibited by applicable law, you waive any right you may have to commence or participate in any class
action against Bear Creek Landscaping related to any Claim and, where applicable, you also agree to opt out of any class
proceedings against Bear Creek Landscaping. If you have a Claim, you should give written notice to arbitrate at the address
specified below. If we have a Claim, we will give you notice to arbitrate at your address provided in your
Registration Data. Arbitration will be conducted by one arbitrator pursuant to the commercial arbitration laws
and rules in effect on the date of the notice in the Province of Alberta.
To the extent arbitration as described in the immediately preceding paragraph is prohibited by applicable law,
you agree that all Claims will be heard and resolved in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction located
in Edmonton, Alberta. You consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts over you, stipulate to the fairness
and convenience of proceeding in such courts, and covenant not to assert any objection to proceeding in such courts.
If you choose to access the Site from locations other than Alberta, you will be responsible for compliance with all
local laws of such other jurisdiction and you agree to indemnify Bear Creek Landscaping and the other Released Parties for your
failure to comply with any such laws.
15. Termination/Modification of License and Site Offerings
Notwithstanding any provision of these Terms, Bear Creek Landscaping reserves the right, without notice and in its sole
discretion, without any notice or liability to you, to (a) terminate your license to use the Site, or any
portion thereof; (b) block or prevent your future access to and use of all or any portion of the Site or Content;
(c) change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site or Content; and (d) impose limits on the Site or Content.
16. Inactive Accounts; Termination of Agreement
You and Bear Creek Landscaping may terminate these Terms and your use of the Site at any time. When your Bear Creek Landscaping account
is terminated, your User Content will, shortly thereafter, not appear on the Site, except for User Content
submitted to our forum or comments on the Site, which may remain on the Site after termination. We may also
retain an archival copy of your User Content after termination, and you hereby grant us a non-exclusive,
perpetual, irrevocable license to maintain such archival copy for our internal business purposes.
If these Terms expire or terminate for any reason, Sections 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16 and 17, and any representation
or warranty you make in these Terms, shall survive indefinitely.
17. Miscellaneous
If any provision of these Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that
provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of
any remaining provisions. Bear Creek Landscaping may assign any or all of its rights hereunder to any party without your
consent. You are not permitted to assign any of your rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of Bear Creek Landscaping, and any such attempted assignment will be void and unenforceable. These Terms constitute
the entire agreement between you and Bear Creek Landscaping regarding your use of the Site, and supercede all prior or
contemporaneous communications whether electronic, oral or written between you and Bear Creek Landscaping regarding your use of
the Site. The parties confirm that it is their wish that these Terms, as well as any other documents relating to
this Terms, including notices, have been and shall be drawn up in the English language only. Les parties
reconnaissent avoir convenue que la présente convention ainsi que tous documents, avis et procédures judiciaires
qui pourront être exécutés, donnés ou intentées à la suite des présentes ou ayant un rapport, direct ou indirect,
avec la présente convention soient rédigée en anglais.
18. Questions and Comments
If you have any questions regarding these Terms or your use of the Site, please contact us here:
support
Box 608, Stn Main
County Industrial Park
Grande Prairie, AB
T8V 3A8