People in Saskatchewan were not notified as quickly as they could have been about the Amber Alert using wireless technology on Sunday night.
A statement from the province of Saskatchewan said the Amber Alert was issued through wireless technology but it did not go through due to a text related issue with the National Public Alerting System.
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The province said they initially sent the alert at 7:30 p.m. through the National Public Alerting System and it was correctly broadcast through radio and television providers.
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However, the new text-based system didn’t send as planned at 7:30 p.m. and the alert was re-issued around 10:30 p.m.
The province added they are working with the National Public Alerting System to avoid this issue from happening in the future.
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