VANCOUVER Shortly after COVID-19 reached Canada, the meaning of essential work began to crystalize as people like nurses and grocery store clerks remained on the job at great risk to themselves and their families. Health workers held the hands of the dying when their loved ones couldn t be there, while others provided access to vital goods and kept supplies moving across borders that were otherwise closed. In a landslide vote, front-line workers have been named the 2020 Newsmaker of the Year in a survey of news editors across the country by The Canadian Press. The front-line workers risked their lives from the start, not knowing what we know now about COVID, said Jodi Isenberg, the Toronto Star s senior editor, Life and Entertainment, in casting her ballot.
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