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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
High temperature records could be broken across the Southern Interior today
Unseasonably warm temperatures are causing high temperature records to be broken across the Southern Interior…
UPDATE: Police in Kamloops find missing man
UPDATE: 10:13 a.m., Tuesday May 15, 2018. RCMP say a missing 66-year-old Kamloops man has…
‘I was devastated:’ Kamloops woman worried her pregnancy will lead to eviction
KAMLOOPS – Kristin Gaddie and her fiancé Zach Wolfer are due to welcome their first…
Seven years since Lytton man went missing during vision quest
LYTTON – A man who went missing while he was on a vision quest hasn't…
Don Hay announces retirement from Kamloops Blazers
KAMLOOPS – Some big team changes are coming to Kamloops's major junior hockey team. In…
Spike in illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C.
More than 160 people died from illicit drug overdoses in B.C. in March, the second-highest…
VIDEO: The Shtuka family isn’t leaving Sun Peaks without their son
SUN PEAKS – For the past 11 weeks, you've been reading about Ryan Shtuka, the…
Move over black widows, you aren’t the scariest looking spider in the Interior
KAMLOOPS – Who knew we had tarantula-like spiders in the B.C. Interior? A "tarantuloid" spotted…
Sheryl Crow to perform at Mission Hill winery summer concert series in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – Sheryl Crow will be one of a handful of artists performing at…
Flood watch issued for Merritt, Cache Creek
MERRITT – Hot temperatures are leading to higher water levels in B.C.'s Interior rivers and…
The Kamloops vs. Kelowna rivalry faces off in bid for Memorial Cup 2020
It’s a rivalry that’s been prominent in B.C.’s Interior for years, and it's Kamloops vs.…
These tiny strips could save hundreds of lives
Social service agencies in six Interior cities will be offering drug-testing strips for users. It's…
Former Mountie gets six years jail for sexual offences against boys in B.C., Saskatchewan
CONTENT ADVISORY KAMLOOPS – A former sports coach and Mountie who sexually assaulted several young…
Searching for a stranger: Dozens of people brought in by bus to look for Ryan Shtuka
SUN PEAKS – It's been nearly 10 weeks since Ryan Shtuka went missing in the…
UPDATE: Missing Kamloops man has been found
UPDATE: 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, April 24, 2018 KAMLOOPS – RCMP say a missing 53-year-old Kamloops…
Woman found dead in car in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A woman has been found dead and two men have been taken to…
Most British Columbians outside Metro Vancouver, Island support Trans Mountain pipeline: poll
Tensions surrounding Kinder Morgan's proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion have been rising over the past…
Gourlay addresses Gatey family in court
KAMLOOPS – The man who left the scene after killing a 16-year-old Kamloops girl with…
UPDATE: Snow warning ended for Coquihalla and Okanagan Connector
Another round of winter weather hit some B.C. Interior highway passes today and will continue…
Travel advisory issued for Okanagan Connector
A travel advisory has been issued for Highway 97C in both directions, between Merritt and…
B.C. mom backs MP’s calls for criminal probe of opioid manufacturers
VANCOUVER – A woman whose son fatally overdosed after becoming addicted to the painkiller OxyContin…
Pair of Metro Vancouver police officers arrested, released, in Cuba
VANCOUVER – The alleged assault of a 17-year-old Canadian teenager in Cuba has prompted the…
EpiPen and EpiPen Jr for anaphylaxis in short supply: Health Canada
OTTAWA – Pfizer Canada has advised Health Canada that there's a shortage of its auto-injector…
As royal wedding nears, brands benefit from ‘Meghan effect’
LONDON – Canadian fashion designer Bojana Sentaler stared at her computer screen on Christmas Day…