21 Facts About Peter Stursberg

Arthur Lewis Peter Stursberg, known as Peter Stursberg, was a Canadian writer and broadcaster.

Peter Stursberg's father was born in Canada to a German father from the Rhineland and an English mother, while his mother was born in China to an English father and a Japanese mother.

At the age of seven, Peter Stursberg's parents took him on a world tour before returning to China.

At age 11 Peter Stursberg was sent to a boarding school in England.

Peter Stursberg joined them and went on to graduate from West Hill High School in Montreal.

Peter Stursberg then took his British matriculation at Bedford School before returning to Montreal in 1930 to attend McGill University where he studied sciences and wrote for the McGill Daily.

Peter Stursberg left university to follow them west and worked at a number of odd jobs including working in a logging camp, on farms and odd jobs.

In 1934 Peter Stursberg found a job as agricultural editor of the Victoria Daily Times.

Peter Stursberg filed stories as a freelance reporter during his tour and was hired on the strength of these pieces as a war reporter for the London Daily Herald.

Peter Stursberg joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Vancouver in 1941 as a news editor.

Peter Stursberg spent his career as a foreign correspondent, newspaper editor, television newscaster and commentator, and author.

Peter Stursberg was recognised as one of the best Canadian correspondents of the Second World War, reporting for CBC Radio from the front lines in Italy and France.

Peter Stursberg published a book in 1944, Journey Into Victory, based on his experience.

Peter Stursberg rejoined CBC in 1950 as the network's United Nations correspondent, leaving again in 1956 to join the Toronto Daily Star as Ottawa editorial correspondent.

Peter Stursberg left journalism in 1957 to work as a researcher and speechwriter for Prime Minister John Diefenbaker who subsequently appointed him press officer to the Canadian Trade Mission to the United Kingdom in 1957 and later, in 1958, secretary of the Trade Mission in Ottawa.

Peter Stursberg joined Ernest Bushnell to apply for a license for what became CJOH Television in Ottawa.

Peter Stursberg remained a news commentator for CJOH and CTV until his retirement from broadcasting in 1973.

Peter Stursberg settled in Fuzhou and married a Japanese woman, Peter Stursberg's grandmother, to whom the book is dedicated.

Peter Stursberg is the father of former CBC executive Richard Peter Stursberg.

Peter Stursberg's granddaughter, Trina Maus, is a news reporter for CTV.

Peter Stursberg died in 2014, on his 101st birthday, in Vancouver, British Columbia.