" $ 5 6 " - * 5 4 r / & 8 4 INSURANCE DISPUTE CLOSES SOME SNOWMOBILE TRAILS
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Federation of Snowmobile Clubs has closed many popular snowmobile trails in the Prescott-Russell region. “If we’re lucky, we’ll get something re- solved for the local club,” said Louis Prévost, planning and forestry director for the United
Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR). “It’s a big part of our (winter) economy.” The problem concerns a change that the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) wanted for the Certificate of Insu- rance (CI), which the UCPR requires each year to allow OFSC members to use the snowmobile trails in the Larose Forest, ride their machines on the Prescott-Russell Rec- reational Trail, and also along the rights-of- way of specific county roads. The certificate covers OFSC members on these routes in the UCPR, for the period from December to April, when the snow cover permits. “To make sure their insurance covers any liability,” said Prévost, regarding the DFSUJàDBUFi8FIBWFUIFTBNFJOTVSBODF requirement for all other trail users.” The problem began last year, before December, when the OFSC presented the UCPR with the insurance documents. Pré- vost said the documents had “information missing” regarding liability coverage. “Basically, it would limit their (OFSC) exposure,” Prévost said, regarding insurance coverage in case an OFSC member has an BDDJEFOUPOBUSBJMSPVUFi8FXBOUUPFOTVSF that we won’t get sued, or if we do, then the 0'4$JOTVSBODFXPVMEDPWFSJU8FEPOU have the proper (OFSC) insurance so the trails remain closed.” the OFSC on its website states “there
has been no change” to the insurance coverage and that “any information stating our coverage has been altered is false.” The OFSC alleges that trail-use agreements for some clubs made them liable for activities “unrelated to snowmobile trail operations.” Prévost said that the agreement with the OFSC has always covered snowmobile use on UCPR trails just during the period from December to April, when trail conditions allowed. He also noted that the dispute over liability coverage is not limited to the UCPR.
A dispute about insurance cove- rage between the United Counties of Prescott-Russell and the Ontario
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