Much-loved Hurricane Hazel McCallion dead at 101

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Much-loved Hurricane Hazel McCallion dead at 101
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The legendary Hurricane Hazel has passed away just shy of her 102nd birthday.

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While in Montreal, McCallion, at 5-foot-3, turned her love of hockey into a professional pursuit and played for two seasons.Photo by Joe WarmingtonShe later became an office manager at the engineering firm Canadian Kellogg and was relocated to the company’s headquarters in Toronto in 1943.Article content

Under McCallion, Mississauga grew from an area of small towns and farmland into the sixth-largest city in Canada. McCallion handled the world’s largest peacetime evacuation in November 1979 when a Canadian Pacific freight train loaded with explosive materials derailed in the city.McCallion evacuated the city and said Mississauga was closed until further notice, which was six days later.Article content

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