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.
As of Monday, there were still two active wildfires in northeastern Ontario with no new fires confirmed in the region over the weekend.
A wanted man from Elliot Lake was arrested on Sunday after evading police in the area for more than two weeks.
Antoine Vezina of Timmins has been appointed as the board chair for the YMCA of Northeastern Ontario for the 2024 to 2025 term, the board announced Monday.
A West Nipissing driver is facing several impaired driving-related charges following an incident last week.
Boaters who were stranded in the rapids of the Vermilion River were rescued by helicopter over the weekend.
Elliot Lake’s plans to grow the city will be presented at a city council meeting on Monday evening.
There was a strong show of support in Greater Sudbury for an NDP-led bill calling on the province to officially recognize June 1 as Injured Workers Day in Ontario.
Greater Sudbury Mayor Paul Lefebvre spoke out for the first time since city council voted to rescind some of the authority it had given the CAO -- announcing he plans to introduce a motion on salary review practices of non-union staff.