Canada's emergency alerts are being used more often, but their funding model is shrinking
Cable-television subscribers will continue to support the alert system as the CRTC extends funding model
Source: theglobeandmail.com
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Record-breaking climate disasters reveal cracks in Canada's alert system | Canada's National Observer: News & Analysis
Pelmorex received an administrative licence renewal Aug. 8 for its system — publicly known as Alert Ready — by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), with no public consultation.
Source: nationalobserver.com
Five takeaways from the final report into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting
Limiting political direction of the RCMP, addressing intimate partner violence and overhauling Nova Scotia police response among major recommendations from Mass Casualty Commission
Source: theglobeandmail.com
Why RCMP managers defend using Twitter — and not an alert — during the N.S. mass shooting
Nova Scotia RCMP stands by its decision to use Twitter to communicate with the public during the mass shooting in April 2020, in spite of widespread criticism for not issuing an emergency alert.
Source: cbc.ca
Lawyers frustrated with mass shooting inquiry in Nova Scotia as deadlines loom | iNFOnews
HALIFAX - Eighteen months after a public inquiry was established in Nova Scotia to investigate the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, lawyers representing most of the 22 victims say they are troubled about its slow progress and lack of witness testimony.
Source: infotel.ca
Expert sounds alarm on Canada's emergency alert system
An expert in emergency alerts says there are serious problems with Canada's company-led model based on "discriminatory" technology that differs from the rest of the world.
Source: cbc.ca
RCMP claims that emergency alerts cause public panic are unfounded: N.S. inquiry | iNFOnews
HALIFAX - Fears that the public would panic if they receive alerts during dangerous situations are more myth than reality, experts on emergency alert systems said Thursday at the public inquiry investigating Nova Scotia's mass shooting.
Source: infotel.ca
Everbridge Unveils Next-Generation Front-End Alerting Interface for Industry-Leading Global Public Warning Platform
Posted on 360 Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management (CEM), today announced the launch of its enhanced Public Warning Center, the first-of-its-kind modular and multi-channel front-end interface featuring the ability to create and transmit a combination of cell broadcast and address-, group-, and location-based SMS alerts for countrywide alerting from a single console. Critical Event Management...
Source: financialbuzz.com
Everbridge, Inc.: Everbridge Unveils Next-Generation Front-End Alerting Interface for Industry-Leading Global Public Warning Platform
Everbridge, Inc.: Everbridge Unveils Next-Generation Front-End Alerting Interface for Industry-Leading Global Public Warning Platform first-of-its-kind Hybrid Cell Broadcast and Location-Based SMS Alerting Gateway Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management (CEM), today announced the launch of its enhanced Public Warning Center, the first-of-its-kind modular and multi-channel front-end interface featuring the ability to create and transmit a combination ...
Source: finanznachrichten.de