Wireless Amber alert program signs up 25,000 Canadians

OTTAWA – One year after its launch, 25,000 Canadians now subscribe to the wireless Amber Alerts program, according to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA).The free text message service assists Amber Alert agencies in providing the public with immediate and up-to-date information about a child's abduction, and solicits the public's help in the safe and swift return of the child. The program is administered by Canada's wireless telecommunications industry, in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Ontario Provincial Police and Amber Alert agencies across the country.The Amber Alerts program is available to cell phone users in all 10 provinces...