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.
Sudbury’s Laurentian University is hosting a series of events for Treaties Recognition Week.
The mayors of Ontario's largest cities are asking the province to consider using the notwithstanding clause in the constitution to ensure measures to combat homelessness are implemented in a timely and effective way.
Greater Sudbury's planning committee is being asked to approve a plan to use the site of the disbanded Kingsway Entertainment District as a waste transfer facility.
David G. Boghosian, Greater Sudbury's integrity commissioner, has conducted three more investigations of city councillors, ruling that in two of the cases, councillors broke the code of conduct.
A northern Ontario traffic stop made by provincial police from Manitoulin resulted in the recovery of a historic school bell, a $15,000 drug seizure and 21 charges laid against two men.
Eastlink said Monday it had purchased Sudbury-based Sunwire's home internet, TV and phone services.
A 25-year-old from Otterville, Ont., has been charged with mischief-related offences following incidents that began early Sunday morning at a tavern in Thessalon.
A 21-year-old from Timmins has been charged following an incident Saturday on Highway 144 north of Cartier.