Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
77/100
CBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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Woman missing from Shambhala music festival tried to call sister before disappearance, family says
Kayla Boisvert of Trenton, Ont., was last seen July 27
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Boisvert → miss → Trenton
An Ontario woman who went missing while attending the Shambhala Music Festival in B.C. tried to call her twin sister shortly before disappearing, her family says.
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family → go → sister
RCMP are looking for 28-year-old Kayla Boisvert of Trenton, Ont., who was attending the four-day electronic music festival held near Salmo, in B.C.'s West Kootenay region.
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who → look → region
They say she was last seen at the festival around 2:15 a.m. PT on July 27.
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she → say → July
News of her disappearance was widely shared across social media in the immediate aftermath, and anyone with information was urged to contact police.
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anyone → share → police
Friends and family say Boisvert works as a paramedic and frequently attended festivals, and that it is highly unusual for her to not stay in contact throughout the event.
Now, her twin sister says she received two calls from Boisvert shortly after she was last seen.
"I was sleeping and called her back instantly when I realized that she called," Dianna Boisvert said in a statement to CBC News.
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Boisvert → say → News
She said that when she tried to call her sister back, the call went straight to voicemail.
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call → say → voicemail
"That was unnerving," she said in an interview.
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she → say → interview
Dianna Boisvert said she spent the next day scouring social media and messaging people who knew her sister and were attending the festival, knowing her sister was camping in an area with poor connectivity.
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sister → say → connectivity
Shambhala, which bills itself as Canada's largest outdoor electronic music festival, is held on farmland along the Salmo River about 400 kilometres east of Vancouver.
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which → bill → Vancouver
It says more than 21,000 people were involved in this year's sold-out event, including artists, staff and ticketholders.
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people → say → artists
In a statement, the festival says it is working closely with RCMP and public safety agencies to support the search for Boisvert.
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it → say → Boisvert
Experienced and safe festival-goer
Ming Liu was at the festival and said he knows Boisvert through other music events they've both attended.
He said he ran into her several times through the weekend, adding that she was in good spirits.
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she → say → spirits
Liu also said Boisvert is a cautious person and an experienced festival-goer who had two first aid kits with her throughout the weekend.
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who → say → weekend
"Even if her phone died, even if she lost her phone, even if she got lost, she would know how to seek help," he said.
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he → die → help
Dianna Boisvert said she wants people to know that her sister is "an incredibly strong person, an accomplished deadlifter," as well as a paramedic and academic who studied at McMaster University.
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who → say → University
She asked anyone with anything that could help her to come forward.
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that → ask → her
"We want our sister, daughter, friend home safe."
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We → want → friend