A national search-and-rescue association says a lawsuit that prompted the search team in Golden, B.C., to shut down could have a "ripple effect" across the country.
The Golden team has suspended operations after a Quebec skier named it in a lawsuit last month, and others in the province are considering doing the same.
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Harry Blackmore, president of the Search and Rescue Volunteers Association of Canada, says he's been fielding calls from across the country from groups worried they could be at risk.
Blackmore says his association is encouraging search-and-rescue groups to check their insurance policies to ensure the search teams and the societies that run them are covered.
In B.C., the provincial government covers volunteers for liability, but the societies are responsible for getting their own coverage.
Blackmore says he's never heard of a search-and-rescue group being sued before.
