Emergency Alerts
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Mother says Ontario needs vulnerable alerts after 18-year-old with autism goes missingThe mother of a teen with autism who was recently found safe after going missing in Ontario is calling on the government to create a new type of alert for vulnerable people.CanadaNov 6, 2024
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She outran a raging wildfire. Now, this N.S. woman demands faster alertsJenny Saulnier was at her home in Hammonds Plains, N.S., when she first saw flames crashing toward her backyard. She said what occurred next was like 'a scene from a horror movie.'FireMay 29, 2024
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Use of alert system delayed during deadly flash flooding in Nova Scotia: reportA new report on flooding last year that killed four people says the municipality of West Hants faced several challenges in transmitting timely emergency alerts to the public.CanadaMay 14, 2024
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Check your social media to see if an emergency alert is over: Nova Scotia EMOThe provincial Nova Scotia Emergency Management office said that social media is an 'effective tool' when alerting the public about the start and stop of emergency alerts.CanadaMay 7, 2024
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Man charged with firearm offences after N.B. police issue emergency alertPolice say an Alert Ready message was issued for the Sussex region early Saturday., asking people to avoid the area and remain inside their homes with doors locked.CanadaNov 15, 2023
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N.S. premier mulls letting towns issue flood alerts as expert sees wider problemsNova Scotia Premier Tim Houston told reporters that his government is looking into allowing small towns to issue their own emergency alerts during flooding events.CanadaAug 10, 2023
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‘Glitch’ inundates Albertans with emergency alert tests, Smith blames fedsThe alert that was supposed to be sounded once at 1:55 p.m. to radio, television and mobile phones went on to provide at least nine alerts.CanadaMar 1, 2023
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Saskatchewan stabbings: Breaking down the use of emergency alert systems'Public trust is something we have to work hard as alert issuers to maintain because people do rely on this,' an expert said of Sask. RCMP's recent use of emergency alerts.CanadaSep 7, 2022
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RCMP claims that emergency alerts cause public panic are unfounded: N.S. inquiryFamily members of the killer's victims have said that lives could have been saved had people been notified earlier.CanadaMay 12, 2022
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Former Okanagan evacuees welcome B.C.’s expansion of Alert Ready systemThe expansion to floods and fires comes after the B.C. government faced questions during last year's disasters about why the use of mobile notifications was so limited.CanadaMay 3, 2022
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