B.C. has never used the national Alert Ready system. Facing disaster after disaster, that might soon change
Many British Columbians are questioning why the province has never used the straight-to-your-cellphone emergency communication system known as Alert Ready — even as thousands have endured literal hell and high water conditions over and over in a single year.People are seen after being rescued by boat from an area that was cut off due to flooding in Abbotsford, B.C.,…