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.
Almost 100 vendors will be set up at the annual Home, Renovation and Style Show in Greater Sudbury to give property owners some ideas or to connect with professionals. They will also find out about trends in the industry.
Two hunters from North Bay, Ont., and a third from Temagami pled guilty recently to offences they committed during a 2022 moose hunt.
At the same time a major electric vehicle announcement was being made in southern Ontario on Thursday, a federal minister was in northern Ontario hyping his government’s spending in the same sector.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has issued flood warnings for areas in the Sudbury and North Bay districts as steady rain moves into the area this weekend.
The Sudbury Wolves announced Thursday that head coach Ken MacKenzie is stepping down.
A 17-year-old from northeastern Ontario is accused of stealing approximately $84,000 in lottery scratch tickets from a business over several months, police say.
The temperature may have been chilly Wednesday, but that didn’t stop Grade 11 and 12 students from Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School in Hanmer.
Some members of the Garden River First Nation are demanding answers regarding the disbursement of the Robinson-Huron Treaty settlement funds.