CRTC pulls plug on Bruce Power’s plan for wireless emergency alerting, notes new public proceeding underway

OTTAWA – The CRTC has turned down a request by Ontario’s Bruce Power that it order wireless service providers to carry and deliver emergency public alerts to all Canadians with mobile phones starting this fall.As Cartt.ca reported in June, Bruce Power submitted that because the vast majority of Canadians own mobile devices and carry them throughout the day, the distribution of alerts via these devices would be a practical way to notify Canadians of imminent threats to life and property. It wanted the system in place by September 30, 2015.The Commission said Wednesday that Bruce Power’s four month time frame was...