{"id":650508,"date":"2026-05-06T01:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/650508\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:23:10","slug":"brace-yourself-nearly-every-phone-in-canada-rings-at-once-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/650508\/","title":{"rendered":"Brace Yourself: Nearly Every Phone in Canada Rings at Once Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canadians should prepare for their phones to chime and televisions to broadcast a test signal tomorrow nationwide. Alert Ready<\/a>, the national emergency alert system managed by Pelmorex (they own The Weather Network)<\/a>, has scheduled a test for Wednesday, May 6, 2026.<\/p>\n

The coordinated event is designed to ensure the system works effectively during real life-threatening situations like floods, fires, or amber alerts. Most provinces and territories will participate during the afternoon hours.<\/p>\n

In British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon, the test signal will be sent out at 1:55 PM local time. Residents in the Northwest Territories and Newfoundland and Labrador will see the alert earlier in the morning at 9:55 AM.<\/p>\n

Ontario is currently the only province scheduled for a different day, with its test set for Thursday, May 7, at 1:55 PM EDT. Quebec does not have a test scheduled at this time.<\/p>\n

During the test, a distinct alert tone (that will freak you out if your phone isn\u2019t on silent) and vibration will be triggered on wireless devices connected to LTE, followed by a message explaining that it is only a test and no action is required. Local radio and television stations will also broadcast the test message.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a shift worker, be prepared for this test as it may wake you up if your phone isn\u2019t on silent. It\u2019s not possible to disable these emergency wireless alerts.<\/p>\n

Officials use these periodic checks to identify any technical gaps in the system and to remind the public of what the emergency signal sounds like. It\u2019s always a sight to see if you\u2019re in a busy place and to hear all phones go berserk at once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadians should prepare for their phones to chime and televisions to broadcast a test signal tomorrow nationwide. Alert…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[49,48,190,61],"class_list":["post-650508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650508","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=650508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}