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Prepare for Emergency Preparedness Week

Emergency Preparedness Week is taking place May 5 to 11 in Canada. Read the article below to learn how to protect yourself, your family and your community during an emergency. Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week) is an opportunity for you to take action to ensure you are prepared to protect yourself, your family and your […]

Public Test of Alert Ready on November 15, 2023

Canadians in participating provinces and territories can expect a test alert on their television, radio and compatible wireless devices on November 15 OAKVILLE, ON, Nov. 13, 2023 – A test of Alert Ready, Canada’s National Public Alerting System, will take place on Wednesday, November 15 across most provinces and territories. Canadians in participating provinces and territories will receive one test message from their […]

Public Test of Alert Ready on May 10, 2023

Canadians in participating provinces and territories can expect a test alert on their television, radio, and compatible wireless devices during Emergency Preparedness Week Oakville, Ontario, May 9, 2023 –  A test of Alert Ready, Canada’s National Public Alerting System, will take place on May 10, 2023, across most provinces and territories. Canadians in participating provinces […]

Public Test of Alert Ready on November 16, 2022

Canadians in participating provinces and territories can expect a test alert on their television, radio, and compatible wireless devices. Oakville, Ontario, November 14, 2022 –  A test of Alert Ready, Canada’s National Public Alerting System will take place on November 16, 2022, across most provinces and territories. PROVINCE/TERRITORY LOCAL TESTING TIME Alberta 1:55 PM MST […]

Alert Ready Conducts Public Test on May 4, 2022

Canadians in participating provinces and territories can expect a test alert on their television, radio, and compatible wireless devices during Emergency Preparedness Week Oakville, Ontario, May 2, 2022 – Alert Ready will broadcast a public test of the National Public Alerting System on May 4, 2022, across most provinces and territories. Canadians will receive one […]

Alert Ready Plans Nationwide Public Test on November 17, 2021

Canadians in participating provinces and territories can expect a test alert on their television, radio, and compatible wireless devices. OAKVILLE, ON, November 15, 2021– On November 17, 2021, Alert Ready will conduct a Canada-wide test of the National Public Alerting System. Canadians will receive one test message from their respective provincial or territorial emergency management organization over television, radio, and compatible […]

Alert Ready Test Scheduled for May 5, 2021

Canada’s public alerting system, Alert Ready, will distribute Test Alerts on television, radio and compatible wireless devices in most provinces and territories during Emergency Preparedness Week OAKVILLE, ON, May 4, 2021– On May 5, 2021, Alert Ready will distribute a public test message, across most provinces and territories. Each participating provincial and territorial emergency management organization will issue one […]

Test of Alert Ready, Canada’s Public Alerting System Scheduled on November 25, 2020

Test Alerts will be issued on Television, Radio and Compatible Wireless Devices in most provinces and territories. OAKVILLE, ON, Nov. 23, 2020 – On November 25, 2020, a public test message will be issued through Alert Ready, Canada’s public alerting system, by most provincial and territorial emergency management organizations. Each participating province and territory will issue one test message […]

Statement in Response to Radiological Hazard Alert in Ontario on January 12, 2020

A radiological hazard alert for Pickering Ontario was issued on January 12th at 7:23 AM ET by the Province of Ontario’s Emergency Operations Centre through the Alert Ready system. There is no active nuclear situation taking place at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. There is no danger to the public or environment and no further […]

Test of the Alert Ready Alerting System

The following provincial tests of the Alert ready system have been completed. -Newfoundland and Labrador at 10:55 am NDT -New Brunswick at 10:55 am ADT   -Prince Edward Island at 12:55 pm ADT -Nova Scotia at 1:55 pm ADT -Nunavut at 1:55 PM EDT -Manitoba at 1:55 PM CDT -Alberta and Northwest Territories at 1:55 […]