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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
Welcome to Domtar: An inside look at what’s behind that smell in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Dan Wudrick has lived in Kamloops for about 40 years and vividly remembers…
Charges laid against woman who threatened foster mom outside of Kamloops school
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops woman has been charged after allegedly threatening a foster mom outside…
Another adjournment for former Kamloops mountie accused of trafficking
KAMLOOPS – There has been another adjournment in court for a former Kamloops RCMP officer…
Kamloops rallies to support family of teen assaulted with baseball bat
KAMLOOPS – For nearly four months, Jessie Simpson, 19, has been in a medically induced…
No area in Kamloops immune to theft from auto; lock your vehicles say police
KAMLOOPS – Theft from vehicles continues to be a problem in Kamloops and the RCMP…
A year after approval, new RCMP officers may finally be hired for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – More than one year after the City of Kamloops approved funding for 10…
How Kamloops is planning on educating students about sexual orientation and gender identity
KAMLOOPS – The Thompson-Okanagan school district is taking steps toward creating a more diverse and…
B.C. RCMP want your help in ending gun and gang violence
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – RCMP detachments across the province are asking people to turn over unwanted and…
UPDATE: Man recovering from serious injuries after being hit by train in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A man is recovering from broken bones and possibly a head injury after…
Two pedestrians recovering from serious injuries after crash in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM – Salmon Arm RCMP say two pedestrians are recovering in hospital after a…
Kamloops man gets a year and a half in jail for drunkenly shooting gun
KAMLOOPS – A man who fired a handgun near his mother's home in Kamloops after…
No more jail time for Kamloops man convicted of breaking into home
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who pleaded guilty to breaking into a North Shore home…
UPDATE: Coroner investigating after man found dead in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Coroners Service is investigating after a 50-year-old man was found dead…
Man caught on camera allegedly using stolen credit card in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops and District Crime Stoppers are asking for the public's help identifying a…
B.C. senator wants ban on marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to children
KAMLOOPS – Conservative Sen. Nancy Greene Raine wants to see an end to "manipulative" marketing…
Kamloops skateboarder may have lost his vision, but didn’t lose his passion
'DO THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.' KAMLOOPS – Brett Devloo of Kamloops was taking notes…
UPDATE: An editor’s note and apology
Editor’s Note: This story falls well short of our standards for news and should not…
Kamloops man with Hepatitis C gets jail time for spitting on police officer
KAMLOOPS – A man who pleaded guilty to spitting on a police officer will spend…
Man sentenced to four months behind bars for stealing truck and evading police
KAMLOOPS – A Vancouver man will spend another two months behind bars after pleading guilty…
Woman banned from Kamloops after threatening to kill sister
KAMLOOPS – A woman has been banned from Kamloops and surrounding areas after repeatedly threatening…
Kamloops Creep Catchers want to work with the RCMP, but is the feeling mutual?
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The establishment of Creep Catchers and Creep Hunters in the Southern Interior has…
Family of bears put down after roaming through Kamloops neighbourhood
KAMLOOPS – As many as three bears have been killed in the Rayleigh neighbourhood of…
Police need your help to find missing Ashcroft man
ASHCROFT – RCMP in Ashcroft are asking for the public's assistance in finding a missing…
Kamloops man found dead on Tranquille Road identified
KAMLOOPS – The 26-year-old man who was found dead in the 100 block of Tranquille…