In an otherwise bad-news year, I’d like to share something positive: no matter how you get around, 2019 was, by many measures, the safest time to be on B.C.’s roads in years.

Restaurants and hospitality businesses that are experiencing unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic will be provided with immediate relief from the fees charged by food delivery companies.

Thousands more people in rural and Indigenous communities are benefiting from improved high-speed internet thanks to provincial investments in connectivity infrastructure projects.

Budget 2020 ensures B.C.’s education system will have the highest school district operating and capital funding ever to support students.

The Government of British Columbia has appointed four new Provincial Court judges and one new provincial judicial justice to increase access to justice for British Columbians.

The province is delivering relief to small- and medium-sized forestry businesses for the extra costs of keeping their employees and communities safe, while operating through the COVID-19 pandemic.

British Columbians will benefit from a wide range of arts, cultural and sports programs for people of all ages with more than $45 million distributed to local organizations this year through provincial Community Gaming Grants.

Applications for the new Agritech Grant program are being accepted.

British Columbians will have the additional convenience of being able to renew their ICBC auto insurance online starting in May 2022.