Northern Ontario man pleads guilty to trying to kill his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend with a sword

CBC News | Aug. 14, 2026, 5 a.m. | Original

A man from the northeastern Ontario town of Cobalt has pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the sword attack on his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend in 2024. Phillipe Rivard Gagnon, 20, entered the plea in Haileybury court this week.

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