The brutal stabbing death of 23-year-old Renee Sweeney rocked the City of Sudbury to its core on Jan. 27, 1998.
Police searched for her killer for two decades and finally charged Robert Steven Wright, who was 18 years old at the time of the murder, in Dec. 2018.
After several delays, the trial began Feb. 21, 2023, just after the 25th anniversary of Sweeney's death. The jury delivered a guilty verdict after five weeks of testimony.
CTVNewsNorthernOntario.ca has compiled all of the case coverage below, including archival news footage, the arrest, trial, verdict and now that the publication ban is lifted, we can reveal some exclusive extras.
A Sudbury councillor will present a motion next week calling for increased education and solutions regarding discarded needles.
The federal government is giving Glencore $11 million in carbon tax funding to help with the company’s plan to run its Onaping Depth Project only using battery-electric equipment.
The Sudbury Five returns home Friday for Game 4 in the Basketball Super League playoffs after a win over the London Lightning on Wednesday.
There were some scary moments for several people on a northern Ontario highway caught on video Thursday after a chain reaction following a truck fire.
A Greater Sudbury youth has been criminally charged after a threatening message was found in the bathroom of a local high school.
Highway 11 has reopened following the investigation into a crash that killed a 43-year-old Sudbury driver north of the city Friday morning, police say.
A 21-year-old northern Ontario man is charged with several sexual offences after police received a complaint about an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
A northern Ontario couple who ran afoul of Ontario’s building code used arguments reminiscent of radical anti-government groups in a failed attempt to defend their stance in court.