Jon Wells
Writer at The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON)
Writer at The Hamilton Spectator. Author of Poison, Sniper, Vanished, Post-Mortem, Death’s Shadow, and Heat. Western poli-sci/Carleton M.J.
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2 days ago |
thespec.com | Jon Wells
The patient grimaces during a fitful sleep, as though visited by demons from his past. He lies on a bed in the hallway of the busy St. Joe’s emergency department (ED), sedated to calm symptoms from alcohol withdrawal. He opens his eyes. “How do you feel?” asks Matt Boumeester, an addiction specialist in the ED. “Nervous,” he replies. “I’ve got you,” says Boumeester.
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2 days ago |
stcatharinesstandard.ca | Jon Wells
The patient grimaces during a fitful sleep, as though visited by demons from his past. He lies on a bed in the hallway of the busy St. Joe’s emergency department (ED), sedated to calm symptoms from alcohol withdrawal. He opens his eyes. “How do you feel?” asks Matt Boumeester, an addiction specialist in the ED. “Nervous,” he replies. “I’ve got you,” says Boumeester.
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3 days ago |
thespec.com | Jon Wells
“Suicidal tendencies. Exponential breakdowns.”The patient is talking about himself. He answers a doctor’s questions about his state of mind and why he is in the St. Joe’s psychiatric emergency services unit, or PES (pronounced pez by staff), a specialized unit in the emergency department (ED). Thin, ruddy face, hands dark with filth, hair a tangled mat, he wears a weathered hoodie with a maple leaf logo. The patient is in his 20s and “lives rough” on Hamilton’s streets.
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6 days ago |
thespec.com | Jon Wells
“Long, brutal war ends” is good news deserving the spotlight in our age of endless conflict. But the story seemed buried amid all the bad. So let’s lead with it: a militant group known as PKK — classified a terrorist organization by Canada — that since 1984 had waged a bloody insurgency in Turkey, leaving 40,000 dead, has laid down its arms. PKK recently announced it was ending its four-decade long fight to create a homeland for the Kurds, who make up 20 per cent of Turkey’s population.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Jon Wells
“Long, brutal war ends” is good news deserving the spotlight in our age of endless conflict. But the story seemed buried amid all the bad. So let’s lead with it: a militant group known as PKK — classified a terrorist organization by Canada — that since 1984 had waged a bloody insurgency in Turkey, leaving 40,000 dead, has laid down its arms. PKK recently announced it was ending its four-decade long fight to create a homeland for the Kurds, who make up 20 per cent of Turkey’s population.
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