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

CBC News · August 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

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

A man from the small northeastern Ontario town of Cobalt accused of trying to kill his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend with a sword has pleaded guilty.

20-year-old Phillipe Rivard Gagnon pleaded guilty to attempted murder in Haileybury court earlier this week.

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

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