{"id":649657,"date":"2026-05-05T16:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/649657\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:31:08","slug":"update-ontarios-emergency-alert-network-will-run-a-test-this-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/649657\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Ontario\u2019s emergency alert network will run a test this Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A routine check of Canada\u2019s public warning network will roll out across the province<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"299\" data-start=\"179\">A routine test of the Alert Ready emergency alerting system will now take place across Ontario on Thursday, May 7 at 1:55 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"299\" data-start=\"179\">The test was originally scheduled to take place across the country on Wednesday, but Pelmorex has issued a correction noting that Ontario&#8217;s test has been delayed. No test will take place in Quebec.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"411\" data-start=\"301\">During the test, an alert message will be broadcast through television, radio and compatible wireless devices.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"588\" data-start=\"413\">This is only a test, and no action is required. The purpose is to ensure the system is working properly, and that residents are familiar with how emergency alerts are delivered.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"632\" data-start=\"590\">For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/alertready.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">alertready.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"763\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"634\">Residents can also refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/51733e55b51847fb81246c985e598c63\/#data_s=id%3AdataSource_3-18e86183fc5-layer-17-18e861840f0-layer-20%3A51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Emergency Management Ontario Situational Awareness Portal<\/a> for updates and additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A routine check of Canada\u2019s public warning network will roll out across the province A routine test of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[241395,45,49,48],"class_list":["post-649657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-alertprovince-of-ontario","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}