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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
Thankful climber plucked from Canada’s highest mountain ‘did everything right’
WHITEHORSE – A solo climber who waited four days to be rescued from Canada's highest…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: NDP leader to spend Saturday campaigning in Okanagan
OKANAGAN – With just days until the provincial election, B.C. NDP leader John Horgan is…
Search is on for missing Cache Creek fire chief
CACHE CREEK – The Cache Creek fire chief has gone missing after going to check…
UPDATE: Kamloops teen missing more than two months found
UPDATE: 12:16 p.m. Monday, July 24, 2017 The Kamloops teenager reported missingfive months ago has…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: What each party would do to combat the family doctor shortage
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Across the Interior, access to health care was an election issue long before…
Human rights complaint against Michaels in Kelowna to be heard
KELOWNA – A former manager of the Michaels store in Kelowna will have her complaint…
UPDATE: Shaw internet restored for most customers in Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Most Shaw customers will now, or soon, have their internet back up and…
Barriere man kissed, groped elderly woman without her consent: Prosecutor
KAMLOOPS – A Barriere woman in her 90s alleges an acquaintance touched and kissed her…
B.C. SPCA removes dozens of animals from rural property near Lillooet
LILLOOET – An ongoing investigation into an alleged puppy breeding operation near Lillooet has led…
Lillooet man was not in a disassociated state when he killed his drug dealer: Jury
KAMLOOPS – It took six men and six women less than three hours to agree…
Overdose deaths isn’t the only way to measure the Interior’s opioid crisis
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Thousands of phone calls to 911 and hundreds of emergency room visits are…
March third-highest month for illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C.
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – People across the province continue to die at an alarming rate due to…
UPDATE: Bodies of two fishermen recovered near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Officials have now recovered two bodies from Red Lake, northwest of Kamloops, where…
Why police think you didn’t need to know about missing person, homicide for seven months
KAMLOOPS – A spokesperson for the Southeast District RCMP says murder investigations being kept out…
Law professor withdraws complaint after learning context of Judge’s words in Kamloops trial
KAMLOOPS – A Vancouver law professor has issued an apology to a B.C. Supreme Court…
Lack of venting system behind fatal carbon monoxide leak near Ashcroft: B.C. Safety Authority
VENABLES VALLEY – The cause of carbon monoxide exposure that left a family of four…
iN PHOTOS: Snowbombing takes Sun Peaks by storm
SUN PEAKS – Thousands of people headed to Sun Peaks over the past five days…
Kamloops homicide case you’ve never heard of is ‘still being investigated’
KAMLOOPS – The RCMP has announced they're continuing their investigation into a murder they never…
Sun Peaks being proactive about drug use at Snowbombing music festival
SUN PEAKS – Thousands of people are convening on Sun Peaks near Kamloops for Snowbombing…
Greyhound bus catches fire near Cache Creek
KAMLOOPS – More than a dozen passengers have safely made it to their destination after…
Ex Interior Health employee wins wrongful dismissal lawsuit
KAMLOOPS – A Vancouver man will be awarded damages after a B.C. Supreme Court judge…
Walk-in Clinics of B.C. launching petition for more family doctors
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A petition will be launched this week, calling on the provincial government to…
Man shot by police in Salmon Arm released from hospital; now in prison
KAMLOOPS – A 22-year-old man who was shot by police in Salmon Arm earlier this…
Osoyoos offers front row view of osprey nest
OSOYOOS – The Town of Osoyoos – and anyone with a computer – will be able to…