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
Emergency weather shelters in Kamloops will be operated all winter this year
KAMLOOPS – Changes will be made to Kamloops' plan for housing homeless people over this…
Dallas Elementary School in Kamloops closed after sprinklers went off
KAMLOOPS – A heads up for some Kamloops parents this morning, Oct. 25, Dallas Elementary…
Kamloops drivers apparently forgetting texting and driving is illegal
KAMLOOPS – Fines and enforcement for distracted driving have been going up across the province,…
Accused pleads guilty to 2011 drive-by shooting death of Shuswap man
KAMLOOPS – The gallery in a Kamloops courtroom was packed with people who listened to…
Overdose deaths have tripled in Kamloops, continue to rise in Kelowna
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Newly released numbers from the B.C. Coroners Service shows drug overdose deaths are…
Feature film looking for extras in South Okanagan
OLIVER – Calling all actors, a feature film is set to begin filming in the…
Police need your help to find missing Ashcroft man
ASHCROFT – RCMP in Ashcroft are asking for the public's assistance in finding a missing…
More than half of B.C.’s overdose deaths this year blamed on fentanyl
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The number of drug related deaths in B.C. for the first nine months…
Hunting season prime time for cattle poaching in Thompson-Okanagan
KAMLOOPS – There have been two reported incidents of cattle poaching in Kamloops over the…
Judge hammers Kamloops cop for following ‘hunch,’ breaching rights of target
'THE ATTEMPTED COVER UP… WAS INTENTIONAL.' KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who is on trial…
Kamloops man released from jail after assaulting girlfriend’s former partner
KAMLOOPS – A man who pleaded guilty to beating up his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend will be…
Kamloops nightclub joins the battle against the fentanyl crisis
'IT'S SOMETHING WE SEE EVERY DAY' KAMLOOPS – The overdose death of Edmond Paul Adkin…
Kamloops woman gets 18 months in prison for drunk driving crash that claimed a life
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops woman who pleaded guilty to crashing her car and killing a…
No jail time for Kamloops man who beat Chihuahua to death
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man who admitted to beating his Chihuahua to death out of…
Kamloops man charged with assaulting cab driver in Yellowknife
KAMLOOPS – A man from Kamloops has been charged with aggravated assault after allegedly injuring…