TOP CLICKS: The week that was in viral stories
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Some stories set the world on fire. And these ones are the most popular online stories from the past seven days, clicked on by Sun readers like you.
Here are our top stories:
LILLEY: Judge’s crazy gun ruling brings court into disrepute
A Trudeau-appointed judge in Brampton has thrown out serious gun charges, claiming the accused was only stopped and searched due to racism.
Justice Renu Mandhane, the former head of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, has put the future of many prosecutions in jeopardy with this flimsy judgment that must be appealed and overturned, Brian Lilley wrote.
Mandhane also sullied the reputation of the Peel Regional Police Service and the officer in charge while letting a man arrested with a loaded rifle in his car walk free without trial.
To arrive at that outcome, Mandhane relied on the notion that everything the officer – Const. Anand Gandhi – did was because of racial bias and not good policing.
Now the question is, will the judge’s decision be overturned?
‘Crazy plane lady’ Tiffany Gomas makes career switch two years after viral rant
Two years after she went viral following a meltdown onboard an American Airlines flight, Tiffany Gomas – the self-proclaimed “crazy plane lady” – is launching a Passes page in which subscribers can pay to see her pose in a bikini, Mark Daniell reported.
She’ll also “answer all your questions,” though that’s probably not the priority for any prospective subscribers given that many of Gomas’ fans were hoping she would join OnlyFans.
Leaked medical report states controversial Olympic boxer has ‘male’ chromosomes
Imane Khelif could not be stopped at the Paris Olympics, but if the boxer was hoping to defend the gold medal in Los Angeles, that dream may be done thanks to a leaked medical report that revealed the controversial champion has “male” chromosomes.
The medical test on the Algerian boxer from the 2023 World Championships came less than two days after World Boxing ruled the boxer would need to undergo sex screening to be eligible for any future appearances in female events, Dan Bilicki reported.
The document, which was first reported by 3 Wire Sports, summarized the findings on Khelif as “abnormal,” stating, “Chromosome analysis reveals male karyotype.”
The president of World Boxing has apologized after controversial Khelif was singled out in the governing body’s announcement to make sex testing mandatory.
Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting also won a gold medal in women’s boxing, despite having been banned by the IBA in 2023.
Khelif has previously stated that she planned to defend her gold medal at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
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SIMMONS: Beyond the Panthers and Oilers, who’s better than the Toronto Maple Leafs?
Aside from the obvious – that would be the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers – which teams, right now, are better than the Toronto Maple Leafs?
No matter how the playoff series ended with Florida (sorry to make you relive that), this Leafs team had more elements than any of the previous squads of the past 58 years, Steve Simmons pointed out.
But will that remain the same? Sure, Brandon Shanahan is done as president and the free agency of Mitch Marner and John Tavares are less than a month away, but what will become of the Leafs in the off-season?
LILLEY: Trade deal with Trump administration could be imminent, sources say
A deal between Ottawa and Washington before the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., is the latest speculation in the ongoing trade saga.
Yes, the steel and aluminum tariffs indeed doubled, but as Trump’s ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra spoke to a Toronto business crowd, some in the audience were talking about a deal, Lilley reported.
Talks have been ongoing between the Trump administration and the new Mark Carney-led Liberal government since the election, which were in some ways an extension of the talks that had been going on since Trump took office in January.
But even Hoekstra was optimistic as he spoke about the need for those in attendance to remember three things Trump is focused on that he promised to the American people – prosperity, security and safety.
Is it crazy to think a deal could happen while Trump is doubling tariffs? Maybe. But Lilley’s sources in various governments insist it’s less cuckoo, more hopeful. Let’s see what happens this week.
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