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
UPDATE: Weather helps crews get a handle on new wildfire near Savona
KAMLOOPS – A wildfire sparked 40 kilometres west of Kamloops near Savona is being held,…
Police investigating after 9-year-old cyclist dies in Clearwater
CLEARWATER – Police are investigating a tragic traffic collision that resulted in the death of…
VIDEO: B.C. Lions crash Kamloops aqua fit class
KAMLOOPS – All work and no play would make for a pretty dull training camp…
Heffley Creek bridge construction expected to be complete in July
KAMLOOPS – It's been just over one year since Old Highway 5 in Heffley Creek…
UPDATE: Weather helps crews get a handle on new wildfire near Savona
KAMLOOPS – A wildfire sparked 40 kilometres west of Kamloops near Savona is being held,…
UPDATE: Crews making good progress on wildfires in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS – While small fires continue to pop up across the Southern Interior, B.C. Wildfire…
Kamloops psychiatrist reprimanded for relationship with patient
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops psychiatrist has been reprimanded for engaging in unprofessional conduct by maintaining…
BREAKING: Kamloops man sentenced to 10 months for hit and run that killed teenage girl
KAMLOOPS – The father of a 16-year-old Kamloops girl who was struck and killed in…
Residents of fire-damaged Tranquille Road apartment building could be out for weeks
KAMLOOPS – An apartment building on Kamloops's North Shore is unliveable right now after a…
After Amazon Echo misfire, ways to protect your own privacy
NEW YORK – Revelations that an Amazon Echo smart speaker inadvertently sent a family's private…
Four sex-related charges laid against teacher in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say sex-related charges have been laid against a…
Former B.C. premier says pot industry about to enter Wild West period
VICTORIA – Former British Columbia premier Mike Harcourt says Canada is about to enter a…
What exactly is a ‘human-caused’ wildfire?
Around this time each year, at least a couple of wildfires start popping up around…
Eagle with broken wing now in recovery facility after RCMP rescue
BELLA COOLA, B.C. – A pair of police officers on British Columbia's central coast went…
New app lets parents keep kids’ pertinent information at their fingertips
MONTREAL – Getting the right information to authorities is paramount in the minutes following a…