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Ashley Legassic
Ashley was born and raised in B.C., and recently moved to Kamloops from Vancouver. She pursued her diploma in journalism at Langara College and graduated in 2015. She got her start as an overnight writer for the Morning News on Global B.C. After spending a year there, she decided to follow her passion and joined iNFOnews.ca as a reporter covering court, cops and crime in Kamloops. If you have a story you think people should know about, email her at alegassic@infonews.ca.
Ashley Legassic's Stories
Kamloops drivers should expect delays on Highway 1 starting next week
KAMLOOPS – Drivers in Kamloops can expect delays next week at the Highway 1 Sagebrush…
Mother of missing man looking for more volunteers to search Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS – The mother of a missing man is pleading for more volunteers to…
Extensive damage to Westsyde home after house fire
KAMLOOPS – A house fire has caused extensive damage to a home in Kamloops' Westsyde…
Get ready for more snow on Southern Interior highways
It's going to be another snowy weekend for those planning to take the Coquihalla Highway…
TRENDING NOW: Bill Gates tries to guess what normal people pay for groceries
He might be a genius, but Bill Gates doesn't even know the price of laundry…
Penticton sets cold temperature record, Kamloops and Kelowna come close
If you thought yesterday was especially cold in the Southern Interior, you were right. Penticton…
RCMP encouraging Sun Peaks residents to check their property for signs of missing man
KAMLOOPS – The investigation into the disappearance of a 20-year-old Sun Peaks man is continuing,…
Suspected impaired driver rams Kamloops police cruiser head on
KAMLOOPS – Police are investigating after a Kamloops RCMP cruiser was hit by a suspected…
Trial begins for man charged with manslaughter in Kamloops motel death
KAMLOOPS – It's been just over two years since Dennis Adolph was found dead in…
Distraught Kelowna man who barricaded himself in a home has been apprehended
KELOWNA – After an evacuation of some residents in the Glenmore area today, police say…
Independent Investigations Office is not investigating Kamloops RCMP for a shooting incident
KAMLOOPS – B.C.'s police watchdog is clarifying that they're not investigating the Kamloops RCMP detachment…
B.C. finance minister says budget will make life more affordable for residents
VICTORIA – It's budget day in B.C. and New Democrat Finance Minister Carole James says…
Music industry struggles to shake ugly legacy of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll
TORONTO – Allegations of sexual misconduct swirling around pop-rockers Hedley have put the spotlight on…
Fergie says ‘tried my best’ after national anthem blowback
LOS ANGELES – Fergie is apologizing after trying something different with the national anthem at…
Search for missing Sun Peaks man continues
SUN PEAKS – It's been two days since anyone last saw 19-year-old Ryan Shtuka after…
Kamloops man gets 18 months in jail for firearms, property offences
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man, who had originally been charged with dozens of offences before…
Magazine obtains ex-playmate’s notes on alleged Trump affair
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump had a nine-month extramarital affair with the 1998 Playboy…
Alberta’s Notley wants action on B.C. pipeline impasse by next week
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she wants progress in the Trans Mountain pipeline…
Young shooting survivors stepped from school into gun debate
PARKLAND, Fla. – Dead bodies were still inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when survivors…
What we know about the suspect in a 2014 Kamloops prison homicide
KAMLOOPS – It's been more than three years since Dylan Levi Judd was found unresponsive…
RCMP warn of possible attempted child luring incident near Pritchard
PRITCHARD – Police in Chase are warning the public after a potential attempted child luring…
Suspect flees after stabbing in Vernon’s Polson Park
VERNON – RCMP are investigating a stabbing in Vernon's Polson Park. At roughly 6:30 a.m.…
TRENDING NOW: Cat completely unbothered by commuters
A video taken in Istanbul at a busy commuting station is giving a whole new…
UPDATE: Explosive device believed to be cause of North Shore house fire
KAMLOOPS – An explosive device is believed to be behind a fire that damaged a…