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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
Layoffs announced at Kamloops’s New Afton mine
KAMLOOPS – New Gold's New Afton mine operation in Kamloops has announced 28 layoffs. Scott…
Man with loaded rifle arrested in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Police in Kamloops have arrested a man outside the library downtown who happened…
Lake Country to get new middle school
LAKE COUNTRY – Students in Lake Country are getting a new, modern middle school. In…
Vernon RCMP catch break-in suspect during traffic stop
VERNON – Police in the North Okanagan arrested a break-in suspect during a routine traffic…
Federal transgender inmates to be housed, addressed according to gender identity
OTTAWA – The federal prison system is changing the way it treats transgender inmates, who…
TRENDING NOW: The awkward #MeToo dinner conversation
Careful…. In this skit from Saturday Night Live, castmates and guest host Will Ferrell talk…
Appeal court orders new trial for Halifax taxi driver acquitted of sex assault
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia's highest court has ordered a new trial for a taxi driver…
Barriere RCMP seeking witnesses to fatal snowmobile incident
BARRIERE – Police in Barriere are asking any witnesses to a fatal snowmobiling incident to…
More than 1,400 people in B.C. died of overdose last year
The overdose crisis in B.C. has reached new, devastating heights. According to new numbers released…
Amid publicity tour, porn star denies affair with Trump
NEW YORK – Adult film star Stormy Daniels, in the midst of a publicity tour…
UPDATE: Explosive disposal unit detonates device in east Kamloops neighbourhood
KAMLOOPS – The RCMP's explosive disposal unit from the Lower Mainland has successfully detonated an…
Trump to Congress: Talks about fixing trade deals, not about scrapping them
WASHINGTON – Facing scores of his fellow Republicans publicly pleading with him not to cancel…
TRENDING NOW: Rat takes a shower
Have you ever seen a rodent act so much like a human? One person on…
Judge rules RCMP don’t have to share records from fatal B.C. ammonia leak
FERNIE, B.C. – A judge has ruled that police do not have to turn over…
Actor Mark Salling dies weeks after child porn guilty plea
LOS ANGELES – Mark Salling, who played bad-boy Noah "Puck" Puckerman in the hit musical-comedy…
Crime rates stay steady in Kamloops despite ‘anomaly’ 2016
KAMLOOPS – Crime rates are holding steady in Kamloops as the number of calls for…
Body of missing kayaker pulled from Vancouver area river after Monday accident
VANCOUVER – The body of a kayaker has been recovered from the banks of the…
Kamloops man dies in snowmobile incident near Barriere
BARRIERE – A Kamloops man has died after an apparent snowmobile accident in the backcountry…
TRENDING NOW: Ellen reunites fan with Navy boyfriend
If you have any tissues hanging around, you may want to grab one. Comedian and…
Interior Health is trying to figure out what Kamloops is doing right in the opioid crisis
KAMLOOPS – In the past two years, outreach and addictions services have increased across the…
Downtown Kamloops nightclub up for sale
KAMLOOPS – One of the few nightclubs in Kamloops is up for sale. According to…
Kamloops RCMP’s Supt. Mueller leaving the detachment
KAMLOOPS – The officer in charge of the Kamloops RCMP detachment has been promoted and…
Funding extended for Interior Health supervised consumption sites
Interior Health's mobile supervised consumption sites are here to stay a little longer. Rae Samson,…
Accused in east Kamloops murder ordered to stand trial
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man will stand trial in Supreme Court on a charge of…