On this day in 2007, June Callwood died in Toronto.
After gaining fame as a journalist, she founded several charities including shelters for women and Canada's first HIV/AIDS hospice.
This is the story of the woman who was called "Canada's Conscience".
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After gaining fame as a journalist, she founded several charities including shelters for women and Canada's first HIV/AIDS hospice.
This is the story of the woman who was called "Canada's Conscience".
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The family was poor and often moved in the night from one house to another.
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When she was in high school, her father abandoned the family. Callwood was forced to drop out of school to help bring in money for the family.
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In 1942, the Globe and Mail offered her a job and she moved to Toronto. In 1944, she married Trent Frayne.
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She later left the paper to raise a family. She eventually moved back into journalism, writing freelance for publications like Maclean's.
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In 1957, she interviewed Elvis Presley when he performed in Toronto.
She later hosted In Touch on CBC from 1975 to 1978.
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She earned her pilot's licence through instruction from aviation icon Violet Milstead.
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