Career
He was a frequent contributor to The National, working at times as a newsreader, foreign correspondent, and executive producer of the program From 1985 until his retirement in 1995 he was the regular newsreader on Canadian Broadcasting Company"s Midday program Foreign a brief period prior to that, Turcott commuted to Regina each week to anchor CBKT"s 6pm newscast, an effort to boost the station"s nearly non-existent ratings.
He was also host of the quiz series TimeChase, and appeared in the feature film Murder at 1600.
