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Jenny Saulnier was at her home in Hammonds Plains, N.S., when she first saw flames crashing toward her backyard. She said what occurred next was like 'a scene from a horror movie.'

After a new report on last year's fatal flooding in West Hants showed a major delay in alerting the public, municipalities that control their own alerts say timeliness is everything in an emergency.

An investigation will be conducted after some Ontarians did not receive the emergency alert that was sent to their phones as part of a test of the system on Wednesday.

When your phone alarm goes bonkers Wednesday just before 1PM, it's a routine emergency test. You will also rec...

Check your devices.

Check your devices.

B.C. is conducting its semi-annual test of the Alert Ready system this week.

As part of Emergency Preparedness Week, Alert Ready will be testing its system in most provinces and territories

Canada testing emergency alert system: Here is when you will receive it in Quebec

Canada is testing its emergency alert system on Wednesday in most provinces and territories, excluding Ontario where the test is scheduled for May 15.