January 23
On the day Richard Oland was killed, he and his mistress, Diana Sedlacek, were planning a trip together. Text messages between the couple on July 6, 2011, show they planned to leave for Portland, Me., nine days later. Read the full story here.

January 29
Dennis Oland's defence team won't put forward Richard Oland's mistress or her now-estranged husband as possible alternative suspects in his 2011 bludgeoning death. Read the full story here.

January 30
A Crown witness in Dennis Oland's murder retrial maintains he heard "thumping" noises coming from Richard Oland's Saint John office the night the multimillionaire was killed — at a time when the accused was seen across town in Rothesay. Read the full story here.

January 31
The Crown suggests Dennis Oland's financial problems were a possible motive for murder. During opening statements, Jill Knee tells the court that the financial adviser had maxed out a $163,000 line of credit, a $27,000-limit credit card, cashed out his RRSPs and had requested an advance on his pay. Read the full story here.