Vern Turner

Vern Turner

VERN TURNER, A FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER and Ambassador, with a career of extraordinary depth and breadth, died on December 26, 2021 in Ottawa. He was predeceased by his wife, Beryl.

The War’s Aftermath and Canada’s Compassionate Response

The War’s Aftermath and Canada’s Compassionate Response

In the spring of 1975, North Vietnam, through its proxy the Viet Cong, redoubled its attack against fatally weakened South Vietnam. Saigon fell on the last day of April. Meanwhile the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and the Pathet Lao in Laos won…