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
Kamloops RCMP seize drugs, cash, stolen property
KAMLOOPS – An investigation into street level drug trafficking has led to a significant bust…
Snowbombing returning to Sun Peaks
SUN PEAKS – For the second year in a row, Sun Peaks will be host…
Kamloops Search and Rescue tasked to help one of their own
KAMLOOPS – It's been a fairly quiet summer for Kamloops Search and Rescue, but during…
As students return, RCMP ask drivers to obey school zone speed limits
As kids head back to school, police in B.C. are reminding drivers to be extra…
UPDATE: Mysterious bright flash lights up night sky over parts of B.C., Alberta
People from the West Coast to as far east as Calgary are puzzling over a…
Thompson-Okanagan residents urged to conserve water
It's been months since the Southern Interior received any significant rainfall, and now the provincial…
Ben Stewart picked by Liberals to run in Kelowna West byelection
KELOWNA – Former MLA Ben Stewart will be the B.C. Liberal's candidate in the upcoming…
VIDEO: Drone footage shows devastating impact of Interior wildfire
PRESSY LAKE – Drone footage showing an aerial view of the damage done to the…
Campfire ban remains in place in B.C. for last long weekend of summer
If you plan to go camping in B.C. on this, the last long weekend of…
Heffley Creek to remain under boil water advisory until road is repaired
KAMLOOPS – A boil water advisory that has been affecting Heffley Creek since one of…
Someone lit a chair on fire in the McArthur Island skate park
KAMLOOPS – Sigh. For months, firefighters across the province have consistently warned of the dangerous…
Keremeos man charged in connection to Kamloops explosives incident
KAMLOOPS – A 38-year-old Keremeos man is facing charges after a police incident in Kamloops…
BULL WATCH: Kamloops residents spot signs of the bull on the loose
KAMLOOPS – Dallas resident Ceci Tolman is no stranger to wildlife intruding on her property,…
UPDATE: Kamloops crews quickly extinguish grass fire on Shuswap Road
KAMLOOPS – A grass fire burning on Shuswap Road earlier today appears to be caused…
UPDATE: Wildfire from Washington State crosses Canadian border
OSOYOOS – A 19,000-hectare wildfire from Washington State has now crossed the Canadian border and…