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 Beginning of the End of the Cold War

The Beginning of the End of the Cold War

Canadian diplomats may have written the first report suggesting that the Cold War was coming to a close and that the West had won it. They did not know it at the time, but they certainly knew that the event they were…

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…