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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
Influx of wildfire evacuees impacting calls for police service in Kamloops: RCMP
KAMLOOPS – In the past two weeks, police in Kamloops have been responding to a…
Expect delays – and a new traffic light – on Westsyde Road
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops drivers should anticipate some delays on Westsyde Road this week as a…
Inventory drops, prices for homes rise in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The number of homes on the market in Kamloops has dropped significantly since…
Kamloops man with knife arrested after attempting to flee police
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man in possession of a knife will be released from police…
Alberta driver ticketed for crash on Salmon Arm highway
SALMON ARM – Four people walked away from an early morning highway crash in Salmon…
Kamloops man who stabbed cab driver gets more than two years in prison
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who stabbed a cab driver, leaving him with serious injuries,…
Property crime in Kamloops down compared to last year
KAMLOOPS – Requests for RCMP service in Kamloops are down by nearly 1,000 calls this…
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in North Shore homicide case
KAMLOOPS – A local man with multiple aliases has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after an…
Kamloops man gets three years for possessing, sharing child porn
CONTENT ADVISORY KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man whose computer stored hundreds of child pornography files…
Dramatic spike pushes Kamloops crime rate higher than any major city in Canada
KAMLOOPS – If Kamloops' crime severity index was compared to the major cities across the…
Coroner investigating death at downtown Kamloops park
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Coroners Service is investigating a death at Riverside Park in Kamloops.…
Hot weather means risks for those working outside in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – WorkSafeBC is warning employers and outdoor workers about upcoming high temperatures in the…
Kamloopa Powwow to take place as scheduled next weekend
KAMLOOPS – After days of deciding whether or not to cancel the Kamloopa Powwow due…
UPDATE: Wildfire near Monte Lake now 30 per cent contained
MONTE LAKE – A wildfire east of Kamloops near Monte Lake has grown, but B.C.…
Wildfire near Sun Peaks grows slightly
KAMLOOPS – A small fire in the Whitecroft area near Sun Peaks has grown slightly…
Kamloops woman tried to put out Monte Lake fire with water bottles
MONTE LAKE – Darcy Galbraith, her two young children and her mother were travelling from…
Man dies after being hit by train in the Shuswap
SALMON ARM – Police in Salmon Arm say a man has died after being hit…
Kamloops woman charged with stabbing man in Westsyde granted bail
KAMLOOPS – A 19-year-old Kamloops woman has been released on bail after allegedly stabbing a…
Why no one sought help finding a teen girl who went missing in the Thompson River
LANGUAGE ADVISORY KAMLOOPS – It was roughly 2 a.m. June 29 when a Kamloops police…
Animals escape barn fire in Chase
CHASE – Fire crews were able to extinguish a barn fire in Chase, while the…
Chase RCMP looking for pickup driver after hit and run
CHASE – Police in Chase are asking for the public's help in finding a driver…
Moonlight Movie rolls into Kamloops tonight
KAMLOOPS – The Moonlight Movie tour is making a stop in Kamloops tonight where The…
B.C. mom gets three years in prison for letting boyfriend repeatedly rape infant daughter
CHILLIWACK – A Fraser Valley woman will spend three years behind bars for allowing her…
Two homes lost, one damaged in Lillooet grass fire
LILLOOET – Two homes have been destroyed in Lillooet after flames from a grass fire…