Calgary 
It will be an understatement to say Alberta’s scheduled emergency alert test today at 1:55 p.m. did not go as planned.
Instead of a single Canadian Alert Attention Signal, Albertans received as many as eight alerts continuously.
Survived #emergencyalert 2023.
Try successfully teaching thirty fourteen year old students last period of the day while this alert goes off on thirty phones — no exaggeration — SEVEN TIMES! #Abed #edutwitter #Alberta pic.twitter.com/hcKufHcMwJ
— Teags Wish (@Tea_Nanners) March 1, 2023
#alberta #emergencyalert pic.twitter.com/nYOA4ye35B
— Eye In The Sky (@Eye_in_The_Sky0) March 1, 2023
.@YourAlberta @AB_EmergAlert test be like#emergencyalert #abgov #Alberta pic.twitter.com/GTc1DcIlkp
— Keenen Kanda (@Keenen_KM) March 1, 2023
In response to the incident, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis said in a statement, “During the test in Alberta on March 1 of the new national system, a glitch caused multiple test alert messages to be distributed to compatible devices. All partners in the National Public Alerting System are working with the Alberta Public Alerting team to identify and resolve the issue that caused these repeat alerts.”
Stating that the incident underscores the importance of testing and verifying the system functions correctly during an actual emergency, the statement read, “We recognize the disruption these multiple alerts caused Albertans and are addressing this issue as quickly as possible to ensure the system works as intended so we can keep Albertans safe during an emergency.”
