The National Public Alerting System is doing a scheduled test Wednesday. The Alert Ready system sends emergency alerts through televisions, radios and wireless devices in the event of life-threatening ...

A test emergency alert dispatched to nearly every smartphone in the UK on Sunday, September 7 has triggered wild fears. A message will be delivered to almost every active iPhone and Android handset ...

An emergency alert message on an iPhone is pictured in Carleton Place, Ont., on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick An emergency alert about a ...

BRITS have slammed the emergency alert system after thousands received their warning late and more received “garbled” messages. In an embarrassing failure for the system, that will cost up to £25.3 ...

A test of B.C.'s emergency alert system is scheduled to be sent across B.C. Wednesday afternoon. According to the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, the alert will go to all ...

As people were returning home from work and settling down for dinner last Thursday, phone screens in Toronto, Barrie, Peterborough and beyond lit up and let out an urgent sound. “Emergency alert,” the ...

Brits with a mobile phone or tablet may still be recovering after receiving an emergency alert from their device at 3pm today. A loud siren should have gone off, or your phone may have vibrated with a ...

An emergency alert has reached millions of phones today as the government tested an early warning system designed to sound a loud alarm through compatible devices. The alert, which is intended to warn ...

A retired firefighter called to testify at a Nova Scotia legislature committee says agencies that issue emergency alerts, such as warnings about a dangerous person on the loose in a community, need to ...

A controversial nationwide emergency alert system which was transmitted to millions of phones across the UK this afternoon was hit by technical issues - arriving late on some phones, and not at all ...