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You're the first to know," she said. You're aware that you're talking to them, you know, over breakfast, and they're trusting you. They're trusting that you're going to put them in the right start to the day. Coleman can remember her first time behind a microphone. She was a Grade 6 student in Burlington, Ont,, an aspiring opera singer who was heartbroken when she didn't make it into the school choir.

She was asked to read "In Flanders Fields" over the school's P. A future broadcaster was born with that commemorative poem. She later went to school for broadcast journalism, dreaming of becoming the next Barbara Walters. It was the s, and there weren't a lot of other role models for young women pursuing those careers.

After graduation, Coleman learned why — she easily found work, but just as easily found a glass ceiling. Her first job was at a private radio and TV station in Saskatchewan, where she was assigned the "Diefenbaker beat" — as a young reporter, it was her job to interview the former prime minister every time he returned home to Prince Albert.

Saskatchewan was also where she found her passion — telling stories of "ordinary Canadians doing extraordinary things. The other guy I wake up with every morning is Roch. I have just been very fortunate. I got to meet so many different people. Contact Julien Gignac at julien. Previous story Water, water, not quite everywhere: precipitation is down across the territory.

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