Throughout her groundbreaking career in business and politics, Hurricane Hazel McCallion saw it all. In 1978, she defeated a popular incumbent to win election as mayor of Mississauga, a rising city near Toronto that was, until then, a collection of towns, villages and farms. No one foresaw that the indomitable Hurricane Hazel would become so wildly popular that she would remain mayor until 2014, retiring at age 93. --Publisher.