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top clicks: the week that was in viral stories

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whether it’s local news, provincial and national politics, or the worlds of celebrity and sports, we have you covered.

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:

countries tourists should never visit, says record-breaking traveller

lexie alford is the guinness world record holder for being the youngest person to travel to all 197 countries, which she completed in 2019 at the age of 21.
so who better than lexie limitless (her apt social media persona) to warn wannabe travellers which countries should never be visited – unless you have a “death wish,” denette wilford reported.
no, really, that’s how she described one of the countries. maybe, just maybe, avoid that one (as well as the others she mentioned.)
 luke schenn of the toronto maple leafs congratulates the florida panthers after their playoff series. (claus andersen/getty images)
luke schenn of the toronto maple leafs congratulates the florida panthers after their playoff series. (claus andersen/getty images)

maple leafs lose bunting, schenn, o’reilly, holl, others in nhl free agency

nhl free agency opened last week so naturally, the maple leafs have been a hot topic – not just with who the team signed but also who will no longer be sporting blue and white.
the exodus didn’t take long, terry koshan reported, with defenceman luke schenn and centre ryan o’reilly heading to the predators , the red wings snagging defenceman justin holl and winger michael bunting bringing his offence to the hurricanes.

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centre noel acciari followed kyle dubas to pittsburgh, defenceman erik gustafsson leaves for the rangers, and goalie erik kallgren is now a devil.

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prince andrew and ex-wife sarah ferguson ‘won’t be kicked out’ as she recovers from breast cancer surgery

prince andrew has been doing everything he could to not be evicted from his royal lodge home.
his ex-wife sarah ferguson recently had an eight-hour mastectomy procedure and is now on the road to recovery, which has allowed for andrew and sarah to stay in the grand house near windsor castle as her status improves from the “gruelling” surgery.
while ferguson admitted her diagnosis forced her to focus on herself instead of other people, who knows if that’s the case with andrew around.
 ryan o’reilly of the toronto maple leafs looks to pass the puck. (getty images)
ryan o’reilly of the toronto maple leafs looks to pass the puck. (getty images) getty images / getty images

treliving throws cold water on suggestions ryan o’reilly left leafs because of locker room issue

ryan o’reilly signed with the nashville predators but there was negativity surrounding his departure, reportedly because of a locker room makeup after years of playoff failures.
not so, said gm brad treliving, who claimed to have had a “really good talk” with the centre and there was something else at play. but what could that “something else” be?
 max domi is heading home, to the maple leafs. (michael reaves/getty images)
max domi is heading home, to the maple leafs. (michael reaves/getty images) files / getty images

to the max: maple leafs sign tie domi’s son, but add to cap conundrum

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arguably, the biggest leafs news came in the form of max domi, the eight-year veteran centre who agreed to a one-year deal with his dad tie domi’s former team, lance hornby reported.
domi’s deal followed the leafs’ signing of tyler bertuzzi, the nephew of another prominent nhl forward in todd bertuzzi.
are there any other family members of former outstanding hockey stars that the leafs can snap up?
denette wilford
denette wilford

denette wilford is a multimedia journalist at the toronto sun. she began her career at tv guide canada before going freelance for more than a decade, writing for huffington post, food network, etalk, hgtv, 24 hours toronto, and raptors, leafs and toronto fc magazines until landing at the sun, where aside from writing anything and everything, she also brings you your midday sun newsletter every weekday.

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