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2020 TOP 10: Bears hugging and other non-pandemic stories you probably read this year

We crunched the numbers and found these were the most-popular headlines
OPP Bears
OPP Const. Nicole Haueisen captured several photos of three bears hugging along a rural Northern Ontario road in May 2020. ( Nicole Haueisen/OPP)

You know what stories you read, but have you ever wondered what everybody else is reading?

It’s the end of the year (and what a year it has been!), so we thought we would put together a list of the Top 10 most-read stories from our Beyond Local section. These are stories we hand-picked to share across some or all Village Media sites throughout the year.

And yes, we realize you’ve probably read just about enough COVID-19 news, so we narrowed it down to just the top non-pandemic stories of the year for the Top 10.

Here are the Top 10 most-read (non-COVID-19) around-Ontario stories of 2020:

OPP officer captures shots of bears hugging

Lottery winner forced to wait two months to claim 6/49 prize

Viral video of Niagara restaurant employee 'licking' plastic spoons causes outrage

Sudbury woman with same rare condition as André the Giant featured on 'The Doctors'

Sudbury mom's penalty box taunting of her son goes viral

Bradford boy goes missing, later found shopping for Mother’s Day gift at Walmart

47 dogs recovered from hoarding situation in Thunder Bay (6 Photos)

Toronto police officer, nine others charged in underage human-trafficking probe

Police suspect Northwestern Ont. blueberry picker was killed by bear

Girl, 14, faces murder charge in death of fellow teen in Thunder Bay

Ornge air ambulance hit by laser over Ottawa