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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
Admission, apology by former Mountie, coach stands: Judge
KAMLOOPS – The admission to police made more than three years ago by a former…
Kamloops RCMP still searching for missing Williams Lake wildfire evacuee
KAMLOOPS – Police are still searching for a Williams Lake wildfire evacuee who was last…
UPDATE: B.C. Wildfire suspects wildfire south of Kamloops was human-caused
KAMLOOPS – Wildfire crews have made significant progress on a wildfire burning south of Kamloops.…
Drug use and loitering a problem for business on Kamloops’s North Shore: Survey
KAMLOOPS – North Shore business owners have had their voices heard about street issues in…
Extras casting call for movie being shot near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The director of an independent film being shot in Kamloops has issued a…
Former Mountie, coach apologized on tape to victims, but was it legally obtained?
KAMLOOPS – It took hours before Alan Davidson acknowledged any of his actions involving alleged…
Drivers in Kamloops not getting the message to put down their phones
KAMLOOPS – Hefty fines still aren't enough to tear people away from their phones when…
What we know about the man gunned down in a quiet Kamloops neighbourhood
KAMLOOPS – The man who was shot and killed outside of his south Kamloops home…
Supervised drug consumption sites in Kamloops and Kelowna to expand services
More changes are coming to the supervised illegal drug consumption sites in Kamloops and Kelowna.…
New Interior Health chair, board members appointed under new government
With regime change in the B.C. Legislature comes a purge at boards and offices across…
Upper Nicola Band leading healing walk from Kamloops to Quilchena
KAMLOOPS – The Upper Nicola Band is leading a healing walk today from the Kamloops…
Campfire ban lifted in Southern Interior on first day of fall
KAMLOOPS – After an unprecedented wildfire season, the campfire ban in the Kamloops Fire Centre…
Kamloops Crime Stoppers seek suspects connected to recycling depot theft
KAMLOOPS – Police in Kamloops is looking for a man and woman suspected of stealing…
Okanagan Connector gets snow; flurries at Interior ski resorts
Although summer won't officially be over until tomorrow, it seems Mother Nature has skipped autumn…
Lillooet man who killed drug dealer given life sentence
KAMLOOPS – A man convicted of murdering his drug dealer in Lillooet more than two…
Kamloops Search and Rescue searching for more members
KAMLOOPS – As summer winds down, the number of search and rescue members responding to…
Kamloops police, school officials continue to investigate secondary school threat
KAMLOOPS – After a threat was made at a Kamloops high school this week, police…
Hearing begins to determine admissibility of former Mountie, hockey coach’s police statement
KAMLOOPS – Once more than eight hours of video footage is reviewed, a B.C. Supreme…
All evacuation alerts, orders related to Elephant Hill fire rescinded
Some massive progress was made on the Elephant Hill wildfire over the past few weeks,…
Southern Interior drivers might want to get their snow tires on
Snow is expected on some highway passes in the southern Interior today and tonight, prompting…
UPDATE: Kamloops crews knock down small fire caused by lightning
KAMLOOPS – A section of south Kamloops is without power after a storm passed through…
Kamloops bait bicycle proves useful in sentencing of thief
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man has been fined and urged to stay sober after tampering…
Kamloops RCMP taking precautions after threat found at high school
KAMLOOPS – There will be limited entry into and out of a Kamloops high school…
Man arrested in Barnhartvale for committing indecent act
KAMLOOPS – A 29-year-old man has been arrested and charged after allegedly exposing himself to…