A global helium shortage that began last year continues today and could continue well into next year and disrupt various helium-reliant industries in different ways, from predicting the weather to
Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) A global helium shortage that began last year continues today and could continue well into next year and disrupt various helium-reliant industries in different ways,
A global helium shortage that began last year continues today, disrupting various helium-reliant industries from predicting the weather to making semiconductors and detecting gas leaks in ships.
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Some student loan recipients are potentially facing late penalties and hefty payments
due to glitches with a federal program aimed at debt relief, leaving them seeking answers from an overloaded call centre.
The federal government froze student loan payments for six months as a relief measure during the pandemic. At the same time, it put on hold the Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP), an existing program that enables recent graduates to reduce or suspend payments, based on their family income. When the freeze on student loan payments officially lifted at the end of September, those who qualified for the assistance plan had to once again apply. But some of those individuals are now finding their accounts frozen and their reapplications in limbo because the National Student Loan Service Centre (NSLSC), which administers the program, is overwhelmed.
Concerns about COVID-19 have left more than 100 migrant farm workers from Trinidad and Tobago stuck in Ontario, far from their families and unsure of when they'll be able to return home.