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.
An affordable housing project in Sudbury received $6.3 million in federal funding on Friday.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is appealing for witnesses to an incident last week in Sudbury between a 37-year-old man and Greater Sudbury Police.
Sudbury police continue to ask the public for help finding a woman missing since earlier this month as a massive ground search gets underway Friday.
After 12 years of being in and out of court, an Ontario judge has ended a Sault Ste. Marie man’s bizarre attempt to force the Soo Greyhounds to give him free tickets.
The dock linking visitors to the Jim Gordon Boardwalk in Greater Sudbury has reached the end of its service time and is being decommissioned.
The northern Ontario police officers involved in a case that killed a man in crisis in 2020 say they were left on their own without mental health support following the tragedy.
Every year, thousands of Canadians put down their car keys for the week as they try to make a difference in reducing carbon emissions.
The third Battery Electric Vehicle Mines to Mobility Conference wrapped up in Sudbury at Cambrian College on Thursday.