OPINION: Light at end of tunnel in most challenging year many have ever faced By Contributor Published: 16:15, 19 December 2020 Get the Ross-shire Journal sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Backing the campaign: MSP Maree Todd With this being my last column of the year, I feel it fitting to reflect on what we have all gone through the past year, writes Maree Todd, Highlands and Islands NP MSP. There is no doubt that 2020 has been one of the most challenging years we have ever faced as a country. Covid-19 has fundamentally changed the way each one of us lives our lives. From not being able to visit our loved ones to financial insecurity â people across the Highlands and throughout Scotland have experienced an incredibly tough year.