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.
A 26-year-old from Greater Sudbury has been charged with several offences after Ontario Provincial Police investigated a collision Wednesday morning.
Sudbury city council has terminated the contract of David Boghosian, the city's integrity commissioner.
Greater Sudbury Mayor Paul Lefebvre reflected Wednesday on his first two years in office.
Two Sudbury politicians joined a small group of health-care professionals Wednesday morning to call for increased government support for nurse practitioners (NPs).
Movers are busy at 307 Cedar St., a building Greater Sudbury recently purchased where The Homelessness Network operates some services but is relocating.
The was a collision Wednesday afternoon involving a school bus and a vehicle near Hyland Drive and Connaught Avenue in Greater Sudbury.
A traffic stop early Wednesday morning on Highway 17 in West Nipissing led to the discovery of a large cache of drugs – and charges for a suspect from Sudbury.
Sudbury firefighters had to use special equipment to extricate a person trapped inside a local school's elevator on Monday.