Store open for business / Shutterstock The Friendly News is a collaboration between TELUS and Daily Hive. Together, we’re creating a space for important, feel-good community stories to be told, where Canadians can immerse themselves in uplifting news and articles featuring community leaders giving back during a time when we all need it most. Written for Daily Hive by William Johnson, a tech writer in Vancouver. 2020 was a year unlike any other. Between the pandemic, global lockdowns, and social and economic instability across the globe, the world didn’t lack things to get down about. At the same, the chaos of 2020 was matched by a level of human reaction, cooperation, and ingenuity not seen in my lifetime. And in the country’s collective response, it’s no surprise that many of the most creative solutions to national problems came from Canada’s technology industry.