May, 24, 2012

Through a mine field: The story of Earl Turcotte

Embassy presents the first of a two-week series on one Canadian's 15-year effort to ban cluster munitions—and the bureaucratic mess that ensued.

By Lee Berthiaume

Published August 31, 2011

The field appeared to be covered in large, round mushrooms. But a closer look showed the mushrooms to be deadly cluster munitions—and when Earl Turcotte stepped onto a path through that deadly field, his life changed forever.

It was 1997, and a swath about a foot wide had been cleared through the field, like a walking path through a garden. The field was located next to a village in the Southeast...

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