T.V., radio, cellphones, and more will ring with a high-pitched noise Wednesday afternoon, as Alberta tests its emergency alert system.

Alberta is preparing for a province-wide test of the National Public Alerting System tomorrow. The Alberta Emergency Alert test will go out at 1:55 p.m. on Nov. 19, reaching TVs, radios, wireless ...

The test message will simulate an emergency alert, beginning with the alert tone. The message will indicate that it is a test and does not require action from the public.

Albertans will hear the shrill siren of the national emergency alert system today as the province participates in a nationwide test. The Alert Ready system will sound across Alberta at ...