Emergency alert: Prepare yourself (and your wireless device) to be tested

If your smartphone or other wireless device signals an unexpected alert on the morning of Monday, May 7, please do not panic.
This is just a test.
Government agencies across Canada will be issuing the first public awareness tests of Alert Ready’s new wireless public alerting capability during Emergency Preparedness Week. Participating provincial and territorial authorities will each distribute one province-wide or territorial public awareness test message over radio, television a