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Health Minister Roger Cook has approved the removal of a smoking exemption for Crown Perth's International Room gaming facility, due to take effect from December 31, 2021.

Under Regulation 10(2) of the Tobacco Products Control Regulations 2006, smoking had been allowed within the International Room at Crown Perth previously.

The Department of Health has been in liaison with Crown Perth about the change to the Regulations to remove the smoking exemption. The amended Regulations are due to be published in the Government Gazette in mid-December 2021.

Once the amendment takes effect, Crown Perth must abide by the same smoke-free requirement that applies to all enclosed hospitality premises in Western Australia.

Exposure to second-hand smoke is a proven health risk and an occupational health and safety issue for staff and the community. The most effective way to protect people from the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke is to provide a smoke free environment.

The Regulations ban smoking in or around all enclosed public places in WA including those on licensed premises. The Regulations apply to public premises including shopping centres, theatres and cinemas, airports, cafes and restaurants, pubs, bars and night clubs, sporting clubs and public transport including buses, trains and taxis.

The laws aim to reduce community exposure to second-hand smoke. Numerous scientific studies have shown that exposure to second-hand smoke causes or promotes illnesses and diseases including lung cancer and heart disease.

Comments attributed to Health Minister Roger Cook:

"Western Australia has been a frontrunner when it comes to public health measures to protect our citizens from the dangers of second-hand smoke in a variety of public places.

"For more than 22 years we have had widespread smoking bans in Western Australia.

"There is no good reason to maintain the smoking exemption at Crown's International Room and that is why I proposed to remove it.

"Once the amendment takes effect, people will not be allowed to smoke in the International Room area at Crown Perth. I'd like to thank Crown for their co-operation."

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The more Canadians learn of government failure to prepare for the floods, the more they're likely to take a fresh view of climate issues

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Canadians may be slowly coming around to the idea that the British Columbia flood crisis cannot be solely chalked up to climate change, no matter how frequently media write that script. The doubtful science behind the alleged link between atmospheric rivers and the flooding of the Sumas Prairie is usually glossed over by claiming that while the floods are maybe not a direct consequence of climate change, they are nevertheless consistent with the extreme events that are forecast to be routine by the end of the century under a climate-changed future.

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As I tried to outline in my most recent column , there are many factors behind the B.C. flood disaster other than climate change. The British Columbia flood crisis, in fact, is an opportunity to begin a real policy discussion with a view to rethinking the current Canadian and international drive to net-zero carbon.

This is not a cynical call to never let a crisis go to waste. In a perverse way, the flood damage that will cost billions to repair demonstrates the high risks associated with political and economic plans imposed from on high. Also on the line is the irrefutable evidence that governments and politicians failed to act on mountains of evidence that massive flooding of the Sumas Valley was predicted and inevitable and unprepared for.

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The more Canadians learn of the failure of governments and other agencies to prepare for the floods that continue today, the more they are likely to take a fresh view of climate issues, whether carbon related or not.

And there is so much to learn. Hundreds of reports, studies, agencies, councils and commissions provide documentary evidence of the colossal breakdown in the governance system. Even the CBC, which rarely sees a crisis that cannot be linked to climate change, seemed set to open a new window on the flood story Thursday night on The Fifth Estate. A tweeted promo for the new episode said Were in B.C. after catastrophic flooding devastated parts of the province and investigating how the provincial government should have seen this coming.

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But that is actually the wrong question. The government of British Columbia and federal officials did see this coming. It was a known, uncontested and scientifically solid prediction. The 100-year-old system of dikes and networks that protected the areas, while frequently updated and improved over the decades, would inevitably fail, and likely in a catastrophic manner.

They knew the floods were coming and climate change had nothing to do with it.

Another indicator that they knew was identified the other day by Tyler Olsen, an intrepid B.C. journalist with the Fraser Valley Current. A doomed Sumas dike failed as predicted. Many other levees could be next, said the headline on Olsens report on a five-year-old engineers inspection of the Sumas dike. They warned the dike was two feet lower than it should be and would be unable to stop flood waters if and when the Nooksack River breached its banks.

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The dike, said the engineers, was substandard, and needed to be updated. Dike overflow is expected during the Nooksack River overflow. And so it did overflow. Olsen asks the logical question: Why was the Sumas dike never fixed? One reason is that its inadequacy is incredibly common across the lower Mainland.

But these stories and reports just tickle the surface of an underground vault filled with warnings about the total inadequacy of the entire Sumas Valley water-control system, which stretches down into the State of Washington. That makes the B.C. flood crisis part of an international problem that dates back to the origins of the elaborate water-control infrastructure that was imposed by governments a century ago. As historian Chad Reimer documents in his 2018 book Before We Lost the Lake , the human attempt to micro-manage the vast geography was an act of hubris that did not turn out as planned.

The real connection between the 2021 floods and climate change is not in the flow of water but in the flow of ideas. In 1924, engineers and political operators had a grand vision that they believed would allow them to assert control over a vast natural system without fully understanding the nature of the system and the risks.

The same can be said today of the global effort an ideological river to control the weather and the climate by imposing a massive economic restructuring on the way to net-zero carbon emissions.

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The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, and Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Chief Medical Officer of Health, will hold a media availability today (Tuesday, November 23) at 3:15 p.m. to discuss the administration of COVID-19 vaccines for children. They will be joined by Dr. Natalie Bridger, Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician and Clinical Chief of Infection Prevention and Control for Eastern Health.

The availability will be live-streamed on the Government of Newfoundland and Labradors Facebook and Twitter accounts and onYouTube.

Media covering the availability will have the opportunity to join in person in the media centre or by teleconference. To participate, please RSVP to Jillian Hood (jillianhood@gov.nl.ca) who will provide the details and the required information.

Media planning to participateby teleconference mustjoin at 3:00 p.m. (NST) to be included on the call. For sound quality purposes, media calling in are asked to use a land line if at all possible.

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Without LeBron James on the court, the Los Angeles Lakers took an L in Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, putting their record at 9-10 on the season.

It's a brutal loss that put them another step behind. EVen after the defeat, however, the bigger story was LeBron James and the suspension he had to serve for his altercation with Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart.

Anthony Davis shared his thoughts in the immediate aftermath of that ordeal, unsurprisingly siding with James.

"Everyone in the league knows LeBron is not a dirty guy." Says that the moment he realized he had clocked Stewart, LeBron was trying to apologize and say "my bad." Once Stewart was charging, AD says "I don't know what he was doing, but we wasn't going to allow that."

This time, responding to the suspension specifically, Davis again came to the defense of his teammate, explaining why he disagrees with the punishment the NBA handed down:

I was surprised, Davis said. I didnt think he would get suspended. I dont think anyone thought he was going to be suspended, to be honest. It was an accident. He accidentally hit him in the face. But I guess the report came out that his hit to the face caused an incident, which is weird because he cant control how the guy is going to react. Guys get hit in the face all the time, and were saying that caused the incident.

Davis does make a good point here. While it was LeBron's swing that initiated the whole thing, he had no way to know that Stweart would go off like that.

In fact, had Stewart not gotten so angry in the first place, the NBA might not have handed down a suspension at all.

We'll never know the answer for sure, but the whole thing is over now. James served his time, and life goes on.

Hopefully, that's the last time King James will ever get himself into a situation like that...

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Anthony Davis Can't Believe LeBron James Got Suspended: "He Can't Control How The Guy Is Going To React." - Fadeaway World

ByMichael Hurley, CBS Boston

BOSTON (CBS) The Pro Football Hall of Fame has entered the Boston sports discussion this week. With Vince Wilfork and Richard Seymour making the list of 26 modern-era semifinalists, and with Rodney Harrisonnotmaking that list, opinions have been plentiful regarding the worthiness of the three former Patriots.

Naturally, given his profound knowledge and appreciation for the history of the NFL, as well as his personal experience coaching those players, Bill Belichick was asked to chime in on the matter during his media availability on Friday morning. Specifically, the coach was asked about Seymour and Wilfork, and whether players at positions where statistics arent readily available to show their impact deserve more recognition.

Before answering that question specifically, Belichick expressed his issue with Hall of Fame debates and discussions.

As Ive said before, the Hall of Fame is out of my control. And since theres no criteria for the Hall of Fame, its really hard to even have a conversation about it, because theres no were not basing it on anything, Belichick said. Its your opinion of a great player, my opinion of a great player, somebody elses opinion of a great player. Like, I dont know what that means. You know, is it how many years they played, is it how many All-Pros they had, is it how many championships they won, is it individual stats, is it team? You know, you can make it whatever you want to make it.

Belichick continued: So theres no criteria. You can make a case for everybody. And ultimately, the voters have to decide what theyre going to weigh.

With that minor grievance out of the way, Belichick then did lob Hall of Fame platitudes for both Wilfork and Seymour.

But for me, those are the two best defensive linemen that Ive coached, Belichick said of Wilfork and Seymour. Vince was a phenomenal player, and he was quite different from Richard. Richard was a phenomenal player and quite different from Vince. But both very dominant in their own way, and kind of in their own position. Even though Richard played nose his rookie year, and Vince played end his rookie year, you know, Vince is really an inside player and Richard is really a three to a five-technique.

Belichick continued: Richards almost impossible to match up against. But in a way, Vince is almost impossible to block in the running game. And in the passing game, theres some guys that would match up against him, but his overall strength and athleticism for his size was pretty impressive. And because we had players like Seymour, there was less of a need to use Vince on third down although, we used him on third down, and he had some huge plays on third down, like in the AFC Championship Game against Baltimore. I mean, he really won that game with his fourth quarter pass rush on [Joe] Flacco up the middle of the pocket.

Belichick stated without a doubt that both Seymour and Wilfork are inhishall of fame. He just cant say whether or not that will transfer over to the real Hall of Fame in Canton.

In my hall of fame, those two guys are there without a doubt. But when you start comparing apples and oranges and Vinces style of play compared to guy like John Randle or somebody like that, theyre just completely different players. And which ones what and who do you like, I mean, thats I think with no criteria at all to work with really at any position for any player, its just what flavor you prefer, and what flavor somebody else prefers. Thats really what it comes down to, so I dont know When youre asking about judging somebody for the Hall of Fame, its hard. I cant really make a say on that. I just think that its so much of a personal perspective from the voters.

All of that being said Belichick made sure to state his belief that Rodney Harrison belongs in the Hall of Fame.

The only thing I would add to that would be relative to those two players to Vince and Richard Seymour I think that Rodney Harrison 100 percent [belongs] in that conversation, Belichick said. And Ive coached some of the other safeties that have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame, and not take anything away from them, but certainly, Rodney Harrison belongs in that he belongs in that conversation. And he certainly belongs in the conversation with other players that are already there.

Belichick concluded his three and a half minute Hall of Fame mini-speech succinctly: But again, all thats out of my control. And Ill focus here on the Titans.

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