Jenny Lamothe

Jenny Lamothe is a reporter with Sudbury.com. She covers the diverse communities of Sudbury, especially the vulnerable or marginalized, including the Black, Indigenous, newcomer and Francophone communities, as well as 2SLGBTQ+ and the downtown core.

Recent Work by Jenny

Wright trial expected to wrap up soon after defence rests case

Four agreed statements of fact were read into evidence Thursday; trial to resume with closing arguments Monday, with jury deliberation expected to start Tuesday

Mar 23, 2023 2:30 PM Read more >

Wright murder trial still adjourned due to COVID-19

Jurors isolating due to COVID outbreak, trial could resume Thursday

Mar 21, 2023 12:29 PM Read more >

Juror contracts COVID, delays Wright murder trial

Trial is postponed until Monday morning

Mar 16, 2023 5:00 PM Read more >

Wright murder trial: Who was the man in the beige jacket?

A witness who arrived at the plaza at 1500 Paris Street before the murder testified he saw a man enter the store sometime before the murder

Mar 16, 2023 9:46 AM Read more >

Crown takes Wright back to the day of Renée Sweeney’s murder

Robert Steven Wright sticks to yesterday’s testimony that he only found the victim’s body as Crown attorney Rob Parsons ‘suggests’ Wright was the perpetrator

Mar 15, 2023 9:40 AM Read more >

Wright testifies he found Sweeney’s body, but didn’t kill her

On trial for 2nd degree murder, Robert Steven ‘Steve’ Wright said he ‘freaked out’ after coming upon Sweeney’s stabbed body in video store, ran from scene

Mar 14, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

<b>THE BIG READ:</b> How the pandemic exposed Northern Ontario's hidden homeless crisis

THE BIG READ: How the pandemic exposed Northern Ontario's hidden homeless crisis

In Ontario, homelessness rates in the north are nearly double that of big cities in the south. The solution is not just about housing vulnerable populations — but keeping them alive

Mar 11, 2023 9:30 AM Read more >

Jury hears about DNA found on Renée Sweeney’s fingernails

Forensic expert testifies at murder trial of Robert Stephen Wright as to how DNA could have been transferred to Sweeney’s body on the day she was killed

Mar 10, 2023 7:16 PM Read more >

Fingerprint, shoeprint, DNA experts testify at Wright hearing

Jury hears details on how these investigators narrowed in on Wright family in the 1998 death of Renée Sweeney

Mar 10, 2023 10:08 AM Read more >

Officer who made Wright’s 2018 arrest takes the stand

GSPS Sergeant Robert Weston details the ongoing nature of the Renée Sweeney murder investigation, the largest in the police service’s history, and what led to Robert Steven Wright’s arrest

Mar 9, 2023 8:46 AM Read more >