The bank told this grieving mother she owed $38K in student debt. She fought back

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When Joyel Singfield co-signed her daughter’s TD student loan in 2020, it included life insurance. But after her daughter, Maari, died in 2025 of breast cancer, the bank told the mother the life insurance had expired, so she was on the hook for close to $40,000. »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: https://www.cbc.ca/news Follow CBC News on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3leaWsr Subscribe to CBC News on WhatsApp…

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Source reliability: 85/100
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