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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
Two men accused of assaulting Mountie in Pritchard plead guilty
KAMLOOPS – Two men accused of assaulting and disfiguring a Mountie in Pritchard have pleaded…
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…
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…
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…
GYOBA TRIAL: Psych report won’t save Ashcroft man who killed his uncle
KAMLOOPS – An Ashcroft man — who has been found guilty of beating his uncle…
UPDATE: Missing Abbotsford men located
KAMLOOPS – The two Abbotsford men who were reported missing on Oct. 13, 2016 contacted…
Kamloops drug dealer given lesser sentence after judge imposes ‘illegal’ conditions
KAMLOOPS – It's been months since a Kamloops dial-a-dope manager avoided jail time and a…
Open burning bans will be rescinded for Kamloops Fire Centre
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The two open burning bans in the Kamloops Fire Centre are expected to…
Former Kamloops mountie charged with dealing drugs elects trial by judge and jury
KAMLOOPS – The former Kamloops RCMP officer charged with trafficking cocaine on the job has…
Killer in Kamloops schoolyard stabbing won’t get parole for 14 years
KAMLOOPS – The man who admitted to killing an innocent bystander in a Kamloops schoolyard…
BREAKING: Police searching for suspect after officer injured near Golden
HIGHWAY REMAINS CLOSED GOLDEN – An active search for a suspect is currently unfolding near…
‘LMAO’: Kamloops gangster shrugged off targetting, killing innocent man, court hears
‘IF YOU ROLL WIT EM, YOU GO DOWN WIT EM' LANGUAGE ADVISORY KAMLOOPS – A…
B.C. RCMP want your help in ending gun and gang violence
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – RCMP detachments across the province are asking people to turn over unwanted and…
B.C. senator wants ban on marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to children
KAMLOOPS – Conservative Sen. Nancy Greene Raine wants to see an end to "manipulative" marketing…
Kamloops skateboarder may have lost his vision, but didn’t lose his passion
'DO THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.' KAMLOOPS – Brett Devloo of Kamloops was taking notes…
Kamloops Creep Catchers want to work with the RCMP, but is the feeling mutual?
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The establishment of Creep Catchers and Creep Hunters in the Southern Interior has…
Police need your help to find missing Ashcroft man
ASHCROFT – RCMP in Ashcroft are asking for the public's assistance in finding a missing…
Rockets and Blazers battle in Kamloops home opener
KAMLOOPS – The Kelowna Rockets and the Kamloops Blazers open the WHL season this weekend…
Kamloops teen battles ‘invisible disorder’ during graduation year
"THERE WASN'T MUCH ELSE I COULD DO." KAMLOOPS – Maura Weston-Lee is in her final…
Open burning bans to be rescinded for parts of Kamloops fire centre
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Starting tomorrow morning, Sept. 16, two of the current open burning bans in…