, where Dini co-anchored and reported. In 1980, Dini created television history when the camera followed her through the pregnancy and birth of her son Nicholas. This award-winning documentary helped to demystify and break down the stigma of pregnancy and childbirth. Going the distance was nothing new for Dini who has five thousand hours as pilot-in-command of a “pink” Hughes 300 helicopter – making her the first woman in aviation history to pilot a helicopter while simultaneously reporting on traffic. Dini has many commercials, made for TV films and roles on the big screen to her credit. Dini is the recipient of Six Can Pro Awards for television excellence for either her talk show or documentary work. Four Gemini awards for her interviewing skills. The NATPE International Iris Award, an American award for best International Program re: Dini’s interview with Red Skelton and The Canadian of Distinction Award. In 1992, Dini was recognized for her years of public service by the Royal General Bulb Growers Assoc. of the Netherlands and had a triumph tulip named after her. Dini became the spokesperson for an International Aid Organization encouraging Canadians to sponsor children in third world countries. Dini hosted a documentary that was centered around her trip to Romania to meet her sponsored child. The documentary-infomercial quickly became the single most successful fund raiser Christian Children’s Fund has ever done. Dini acted as spokesperson for Amnesty International, the Canadian infomercial she hosted to raise funds and increase membership has became one of their most successful ever in Canada and the USA. Dini help to found the Youth Pregnancy Phone line in her early days at CITY-TV. When the funding ended, it was refunded and continues to this day under a new name – The Kids Help Phone -Canada's only free, national, bilingual, confidential and anonymous, 24-hour telephone and online counselling service for kids up to 20 years of age.