WASHINGTON -- This is why you may have gotten a notification from the White House on Wednesday. The government tested a new national alert system that would let presidents send out emergency messages ...

OAKVILLE, Ontario, May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A test of Canada’s national emergency alert system, Alert Ready, will take place on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 across most provinces and territories as ...

A test message and tone from Alert Ready will be broadcast on television, radio and compatible wireless devices ...

Manitoba residents will hear and see a test of the national Alert Ready emergency alert system on Wednesday, May 6 at 1:55 ...

UNITED STATES (CBS) — Your electronic devices may alarm you today — but there’s a reason for that. A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m.

Nationwide testing is taking place during Emergency Preparedness Week, which runs from May 3 to May 9.

That means you’ll likely get an alert and tone on your smartphone, and will see a similar alert on your televisions and on ...

Albertans may hear an emergency alert tone on their phones, radios and televisions Wednesday afternoon, but Alert Ready says ...

Canadians in participating provinces and territories can expect a test alert on their television, radio, and compatible ...