From the inbox: the AB NDP is claiming it has a “leaked video that raises new questions about Danielle Smith’s interference in criminal prosecutions.” #ableg Here's the video. It's a conversation with Artur Pawlowski.

The funeral procession for EPS constables Jordan and Ryan is underway. Stream here, @reportrix @ByMatthewBlack @hamdiissawi and I will have more. The aerial shots are pretty incredible.

Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro's law society conduct hearing is set to begin any minute now. I'll tweet updates. #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/… Looks like Grant Stapon from Bennett Jones' Calgary office is representing Shandro. Ken McEwan out of Vancouver is on for the law society.

BREAKING: Alberta’s highest court has unanimously dismissed the case of Annette Lewis, a terminally ill transplant patient seeking to be re-added to the wait list despite her refusal to take a COVID shot. More to come. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new… From the decision: "We are not persuaded this court can, or ought to, interfere with generalized medical judgments or individualized clinical assessments involving Ms. Lewis’ standard of care."

UPDATED: Edmonton landlord Abdullah Shah killed in southwest shooting Sunday night. Going to do a bit of a thread on one of Edmonton's best known crime figures. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/edm… Longer tenured #yeg reporters know the story better than I, but Shah came to prominence in 2008 when he was prosecuted as ringleader of a major mortgage fraud scheme. At the time he got out of jail, he & his associates owned 93 properties in the inner-city pressreader.com/canada/edmonto…

I'm at court this morning for the start of GraceLife Church Pastor James Coates' trial for flouting COVID restrictions. Tweets to follow. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new… You can tune in here but it's audio only and capped at 1,000 people. albertacourts.ca/pc/resources/a…

Breaking: the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team has charged an Alberta man who was posting extremist content online and had a cache of guns and explosives. They believe Kelvin Benjamin Maure was a a "threat to critical infrastructure, the police and the public." Here's a full list of charges.

Here is a worrying op-ed from today's paper: "As emergency-room and intensive-care unit physicians working in the Edmonton zone, we feel obligated to inform you about the worrisome strain on our health-care system — Edmonton is at a tipping point." edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column… "We ask our patients to please understand all health-care workers are doing our best and you may not be admitted to hospital for issues that you previously would have been."

Canada's prisons watchdog has released his latest report, much of it on sexual abuse behind bars. "Sexual violence is a pervasive but under-reported problem in federal prisons." oci-bec.gc.ca/cnt/comm/press… I did an investigation into this two years ago. Basically, we have very little data or reporting related to sexual assaults in correctional facilities. edmontonjournal.com/news/insight/v…