Canada poised to launch emergency alert system on smartphones

By News on the Net -- Financial Post —— Bio and Archives March 12, 2018

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A system to alert Canadians to natural disasters and other public safety emergencies via their smartphones is another step closer to reality. But the government is closely managing the rollout of a complex system where errors can lead to mass panic, as witnessed earlier this year when people in Hawaii received a false alert of an imminent nuclear attack on their mobile devices.-- More...