AEA alerts are only issued for unusual, immediate dangers to the public. The decision to send a public emergency alert rests with the local, regional, provincial, territorial or federal authority. In some instances, the authorities choose to alert the public through local radio and TV channels, or online instead of through the AEA app. We […]
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Why didn’t I get an alert for an event that happened in my location?
The decision to issue an alert and what locations the alert will be issued for, rests with the local, regional, provincial, territorial and federal authorities. To find out if an alert had been issued: To verify if an alert an Alert has been issued by the authorities, you should check the SaskAlert Website and follow […]
Why didn’t I get the latest Provincial test alert from my cellular provider as a wireless text?
The SaskAlert app is separate from the cellular broadcast technology that your cellular provider uses to send wireless alerts. You will need to contact your cellular provider to ask why you did not receive the test alert. The SaskAlert app also issues the provincial test alert for all locations in the province and the test […]
Why didn’t I receive a special weather statement alert from Environment and Climate Change Canada?
The only types of alerts from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) that appear in the SaskAlert app are weather watches which are advisory alerts and weather warnings which are critical alerts; weather statements are not disseminated through SaskAlert.
Why didn’t I receive an alert from the SaskAlert App for an emergency that was issued wireless?
Somebody else received an emergency alert as a wireless message or in their SaskAlert app but I did not. Did not receive Wireless: There can be many reasons why an alert is not received wireless. Wireless alerts are issued using cell towers to triangulate and zoom into the locations selected for the alert, so depending […]