Kayla Boisvert, a 28-year-old Ontario woman and paramedic, went missing from the Shambhala Music Festival in British Columbia on July 27 around 2:15 am PT. According to her twin sister Dianna, Kayla tried to call her before disappearing, but the call went straight to voicemail. The festival, which had over 21,000 attendees this year, is working with RCMP and public safety agencies to support the search for Boisvert. Her family describes her as a cautious and experienced festival-goer who would normally know how to seek help in an emergency situation.
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Story summary
Kayla Boisvert, a 28-year-old paramedic from Trenton, Ontario, has gone missing at the Shambhala Music Festival in B.C.'s West Kootenay region. She was last seen at the festival around 2:15 a.m. PT on July 27. According to her family, it's unusual for her to not stay in contact throughout an event, and she had tried to call her twin sister, Dianna Boisvert, shortly before disappearing. Dianna received two calls from Kayla but when she tried to call back, the line went straight to voicemail. The RCMP is searching for information about Kayla's disappearance, and people with any details are being asked to contact police.
Written for “Missing Paramedic at Music Festival” on 2026-08-31,
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Why this leaning score
The article's tone is generally sympathetic towards Kayla Boisvert and her family, using phrases like 'incredibly strong person' to describe her. However, the language used to frame the situation remains relatively neutral, focusing on the facts of the case rather than making value judgments.
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Leaning score +0.20 for article 10 · logged 2026-07-30
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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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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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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They say she was last seen at the festival around 2:15 a.m. PT on July 27.
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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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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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She said that when she tried to call her sister back, the call went straight to voicemail.
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"That was unnerving," she said in an interview.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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She asked anyone with anything that could help her to come forward.
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"We want our sister, daughter, friend home safe."
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