What to Expect During Emergency Alert Tests on May 8

Published on May 7, 2024

If an emergency alert sounds on your cell phone May 8, don’t panic. The federal government is performing a test of its national alert system as part of Emergency Preparedness Week. The system, known as Alert Ready, provides alerts about potentially dangerous or important events such as earthquakes, fires, floods, tornadoes, terror threats, and Amber alerts. Canada’s National Public Alerting System (NPAS) is running tests on television, radio, and all compatible wireless devices in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut and Yukon shortly before 2 p.m. EST. Canadians in Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island will also receive a test message, but it will come from their province or territory instead, said Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan in a press release. Ontarians can expect the Alert Ready test on May 15....

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