Impossible-to-ignore emergency alerts are coming to your phone whether you want them or not and you can’t opt out.
It’s called the Canadian Alerting Attention Signal.
Today, Monday, May 7 at exactly 1:55 pm, those impossible-to-ignore tones will blare from mobile phones and other compatible wireless devices across Ontario.
Natural disasters, such as fires, severe weather, biological, chemical, terrorist threats and more are all included, even animal danger when a wild or domesticated animal poses a threat to human life or property.
Amber alerts and 911 will also be part of the system.
