Amber Alert

2022 - 5 - 25

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Quebec to launch 'Silver Alert' pilot project to locate missing seniors ... (CBC.ca)

The program, known as Silver Alert, is similar to an Amber Alert and sends out a bulletin of essential information when a senior with neurocognitive ...

Are we going to cry wolf and, in the end, have no one pay attention to these alerts?" According to sources speaking to Radio-Canada, three Silver Alert pilot projects will be launched in the province. "We don't want to overwhelm the population.

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People Have Something To Say About That 3 a.m. Quebec Amber ... (MTL Blog)

Authorities set off a Quebec amber alert at about 2:58 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25, after an alleged kidnapping of a three-year-old in Sainte-Adèle in the ...

One Twitter user presented the scenario of an "overworked surgeon" shaken from slumber by an alert. "I don't have children, never wanted any, and have no particular attachment to them," another person said in a post. "But you can wake me up any time for an Amber Alert, and I become a mama bear when tragedies like the one in Texas yesterday happen," they wrote referring to a mass shooting in an elementary school that killed 21 people, including 19 children. Another person calculated it would take 16 hours on foot to reach Montreal from Sainte-Adèle. "Was it necessary to wake up all of Quebec at 3:00 a.m.?" they asked. Authorities set off a Quebec amber alert at about 2:58 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25, after an alleged kidnapping of a three-year-old in Sainte-Adèle in the Laurentides region. Others defended the measure.

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