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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
Accused in fatal Kamloops hit and run granted bail again
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man accused of leaving the scene of a fatal accident that…
Williams Lake evacuees, both people and animals, find no shortage of help in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Deb Samborski says her dog may never want to return home to Williams…
VIDEO: Kamloops ‘unrecognizable’ due to wildfire smoke
KAMLOOPS – Communities across the province are being scorched by devastating wildfires, but the impact…
How much of your donation to the Red Cross goes to wildfire relief?
KAMLOOPS – In times of disaster in our province, communities to come together and help…
Kamloops man will use lottery winnings to help wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who believes in helping people will be using some of…
Kamloops man pleads guilty to stabbing that left cab driver seriously injured
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who admitted to stabbing a cab driver last summer could…
Kamloops Fire Rescue taking no chances this fire season
KAMLOOPS – As wildfires burn across our province, fire crews in the City of Kamloops…
What we know about today’s B.C. wildfire developments
As B.C.'s wildfire situation continues to rapidly change, the provincial government is giving us a…
Cities across the province stepping up to accept wildfire evacuees
Wicked weather across the province yesterday escalated the already fluid wildfire situation in B.C.'s Cariboo…
Volunteers at Tk’emlups Powwow grounds offer food, shelter to evacuees
KAMLOOPS – Volunteers from across Kamloops have convened at the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc Powwow grounds…
Woman swims to shore after inflatable raft incident in Thompson River
KAMLOOPS – Despite several emergency officials responding to a rescue on the south shore of…
UPDATE: Do you smell rotten eggs in your Kamloops home? You’re not alone
KAMLOOPS – If you smell an odour of rotten eggs when you turn on your…
Cache Creek evacuee thankful for Kamloops resiliency centre
KAMLOOPS – Steve Jansen and his family are just some of the thousands of British…
Kamloops resiliency centre opening to help wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS – A resiliency centre is set to open today in Kamloops to help provide…
Kelowna RCMP identify man whose body was found after April house fire
KELOWNA – Police in Kelowna have now confirmed the identity of a man whose body…
How people in Kamloops are trying to make life a little easier for wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS – The organizers of a local comedy festival, a grocery store, a Lower Mainland…
Interior Health facilities filling up with wildfire evacuated patients
KAMLOOPS – Royal Inland Hospital was already at capacity before wildfire season started, but with…
Not even social media shame can end irresponsible behaviour during wildfire season
No matter how many warnings are issued, how many restrictions are in place, how many…
RCMP make arrests for looting in evacuated areas in Interior
B.C. RCMP are redeploying hundreds officers to cope with the policing issues created by the…
Where to go for the latest, and most accurate, emergency wildfire information
KAMLOOPS – Thousands of people across B.C. are displaced by the more than 200 wildfires…
A bozo’s guide to wildfire season in the Southern Interior
While thousands of hectares of our province go up in flames, some people clearly aren’t…
Kamloops businesses stepping up to help wildfire evacuees
KAMLOOPS – The business community in Kamloops is rallying around evacuees displaced from the wildfires…
Man stabbed in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A 31-year-old man has been treated for serious but not life-threatening injuries after…
DISPELLING RUMOURS: Kamloops not at capacity for evacuees
KAMLOOPS – Contrary to what you may have heard, Kamloops is not at capacity when…