update: ontario woman missing from shambhala festival found safe: rcmp
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rcmp said the ontario woman reported missing from the shambhala music festival in salmo has been found.
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an ontario woman reported missing from the shambhala music festival in salmo has been found safe, said police.
the 28-year-old was reported missing on tuesday after friends were unable to locate her. she was last seen at the concert at 2:15 a.m. monday.
on friday, salmo rcmp said the woman has been located.
the news came a day after police received a tip leading to a confirmed sighting of the woman on wednesday, south of salmo.
investigators released photos from that sighting, showing her clad in a blue shirt carrying what appeared to be a blue cooler.
social media posts about the missing woman had been widely shared, detailing her job as a paramedic and history as an experienced festival goer.
police thanked the public, media, search and rescue crews and other agencies for their assistance.
it said it won’t release any more information in order to protect the woman’s privacy.
this was the second missing person report to come out of the festival this year. the other person reported missing, a 20-year-old woman, was found safe on wednesday.
the shambhala music festival is held each year at the privately owned salmo river ranch, six kilometres east of salmo in the west kootenays.
the event began in 1998 and is now one of canada’s most well-known electronic dance music festivals, attracting thousands of people.
in 2022, american man harsha paladugu disappeared from the highway outside the festival and has never been located.
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