A Nova Scotia toddler with a fascination with garbage trucks has struck an amazing friendship with his local garbage-men, Rudy and Dave. Hiro, who just turned three this week, honoured his obsession with a replica garbage truck birthday cake.

Turning towards the states, where a suspected automobile theft led police on a dramatic chase through the streets of Los Angeles on last night. The driver of the pick up truck swerved onto the sidewalk and crashed into a taxi at an intersection in an attempt to outrun law enforcement.

Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky will give back his Olympic bronze medal after failing a drug test at the Pyeongchang Games, a spokeswoman for the Russian Curling Federation told state TV.

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party is still very much in the driver’s seat when it comes to the upcoming provincial election, despite a tumultuous past few weeks and not having an official leader, a new exclusive Ipsos poll for Global News shows.

Guest: Darrell Bricker - CEO Ipsos Public Affairs

As former Ontario PC Party Leader Patrick Brown fights to regain the title he held less than a month ago, he’s warning voters that accounts questioning his integrity are likely to emerge in the coming weeks, claiming a small group of insiders is trying to derail his efforts to reclaim his old job ahead of a spring provincial election.

Guest: Alan Carter - Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News

Weekly check-in with Rob Breakenridge. This week: Discussing Rob’s column on marijuana legalization, the reaction he got from readers & your calls on marijuana legislation.

Guest: Rob Breakenridge - Host, 770 CHQR

The Prime Minister -- who was criticized for looking like he was on a family vacation in India -- got down to business today. Justin Trudeau spent the morning meeting with a string of business leaders.

Six days after the tragic school shooting in Florida, students of the Parkland school are on their way to Washington to protest gun violence. Meanwhile, as four of their friends were laid to rest, the Florida House voted down a measure that would consider a ban on assault weapons.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump today said he signed a memo directing the Justice Department to propose regulations to “ban all devices” like the rapid-fire bump stocks involved in last year’s Las Vegas massacre.

As the BC vs Alberta pipeline and wine battle continues, there are many BC citizens applauding the government for standing up for the environment and the province. But there is an equal number of BC citizens (Laura Jones included) who are hoping the BC government concedes and puts an end to this battle, “before the inflict damage that can’t be undone.”

Guest: Laura Jones - Executive Vice-President & Chief Strategic Officer for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Condolences and tributes are pouring in following the death Saturday night of Rebecca Schofield. The 18-year-old Riverview, N.B. woman — whose call for people to commit random acts of kindness for each other — lost her long battle with brain cancer.

Today, her family and friends attended Becca’s visitation, remembering Becca’s dedication to kindness.

Guest: Jason Tremere - Author, #BeccaToldMeTo: Spreading kindness, one hashtag at a time

The case of the Russian doping curler continues! Today Russia’s sports minister said bronze medal winning Alexander Krushelnyski would not have taken a banned drug deliberately.

In the aftermath of the Parkland Florida shooting, former US congressman Jack Kingston faced heat from CNN’s Alisyn Camerota over a tweet he sent out this past weekend that undermined students protesting for stronger gun control laws in the country.

We’ve shared a lot of tragic stories from Florida today, and wanted to end on a happier note. As his classmates fight in Washington to ban assault weapons, one student, Anthony is fighting in hospital, being called a hero for putting his life on the line to save many others in the shooting.