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You can expect an interruption Wednesday by an emergency public alert that will be broadcast on radio, television, and sent to mobile devices as part of a countrywide test of the system.
For us in northwestern Ontario, you can expect to receive the alert at 11:55 am.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says testing the national public alerting system is to validate and improve the system’s performance and reliability to ensure it operates as intended in the event of a life-threatening situation.
When you get the alert you are not required to take action, but if you don’t get it on your mobile device you are asked to contact your service provider.
For a wireless device to receive a test alert, the CRTC says it must be connected to an LTE wireless or a newer wireless network, it must be wireless public alerting compatible and equipped with a recent Canadian version of its operating software.
