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.
Few details are available, but 511 Ontario is reporting Highway 144 is closed in the Cartier area, north of Greater Sudbury, following a crash Friday morning.
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.
Police are investigating a threat at an elementary school in Greater Sudbury on Thursday.
This week, ParticipACTION gave Canadian kids and young people a D+ grade for physical activity levels.
A water main break on Hillside Drive North in Elliot Lake has put the entire community under a boil water advisory.
We all need a little kindness in our lives every day and a North Bay elementary school is really taking this idea to heart with different activities this week.
Sudbury police say they have identified the skeletal remains found last week in a wood area of Chelmsford and that no foul play was involved.