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Canada’s new foreign influence commissioner says only 30 people have disclosed working for foreign governments or foreign principals with his office as of Tuesday. That’s a far cry from the roughly 2,422 foreign agents Public Safety Canada has estimated are active in Canada, raising questions from opposition MPs about how effective the Liberals’ registration scheme will be. The registry of foreign influence activities was created by the Liberal government in response to concerns about foreign governments and entities covertly meddling in domestic politics. It allows people or organizations in Canada doing legitimate work with foreign countries to publicly disclose those activities. But as of the Oct. 3 deadline, there were only two names on the public registry, and roughly 30 more being vetted by Foreign Influence Commissioner Anton Boegman’s office. Conservative MP Michael Cooper noted that, if Public Safety Canada’s estimates were accurate, that would mean just one per cent of foreign agents complied with the law. Story continues below advertisement

Published: October 16, 2026 at 10:34a.m. EDTDurham police say nearly 500 arrests have been made along with more than 800 criminal charges targeting a network of individuals, including repeat offenders involved in “criminal activity” throughout downtown Oshawa. The months long operation, dubbed Project Atlantis 2, ran from April through September 2026 and focused on theft, stolen property, illicit drugs and “other actions contributing to community disorder” in the downtown core. How to set CP24 as your preferred source on GoogleHow to set CTV News as your preferred source on GoogleSpeaking at a news conference on Friday, Durham police Insp. Jeff Hoover said officers made 490 arrests involving 224 individuals, laid 808 criminal charges and issued 406 provincial offence notices. “Those numbers are significant, but they also provide important insight into the type of activity our officers were encountering,” Hoover said.

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Published: October 16, 2026 at 10:34a.m. EDTDurham police say nearly 500 arrests have been made along with more than 800 criminal charges targeting a network of individuals, including repeat offenders involved in “criminal activity” throughout downtown Oshawa. The months long operation, dubbed Project Atlantis 2, ran from April through September 2026 and focused on theft, stolen property, illicit drugs and “other actions contributing to community disorder” in the downtown core. How to set CP24 as your preferred source on GoogleHow to set CTV News as your preferred source on GoogleSpeaking at a news conference on Friday, Durham police Insp. Jeff Hoover said officers made 490 arrests involving 224 individuals, laid 808 criminal charges and issued 406 provincial offence notices. “Those numbers are significant, but they also provide important insight into the type of activity our officers were encountering,” Hoover said.

Demonstrators trying for a second day to block roadwork to remove Toronto bike lanes were met by police on Wednesday, deepening a faceoff between Premier Doug Ford’s government and cycling advocates. The work comes as the province pressed ahead with its plan to overhaul up to 19 kilometres of the city’s protected bike lane network, starting on the premier’s home turf in Etobicoke. The province has framed it as a traffic relief measure, but critics say it’s an example of provincial overreach that will make streets less safe, and no less congested. A protest Tuesday night ended peacefully when construction crews were escorted from Bloor Street by police and demonstrators chanted “get home safe” to the workers in trucks carrying stacks of pylons. But at Wednesday afternoon’s protest, at least one demonstrator in a green bike helmet was led away in handcuffs by two police officers. Nearby, a worker in high-visibility vests took down a bike lane sign. Bike lane protest arrest Police arrest a protester at a protest in support of bike lanes as workers begin to remove the lanes along Bloor Street West in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.

Demonstrators trying for a second day to block roadwork to remove Toronto bike lanes were met by police on Wednesday, deepening a faceoff between Premier Doug Ford’s government and cycling advocates. The work comes as the province pressed ahead with its plan to overhaul up to 19 kilometres of the city’s protected bike lane network, starting on the premier’s home turf in Etobicoke. The province has framed it as a traffic relief measure, but critics say it’s an example of provincial overreach that will make streets less safe, and no less congested. A protest Tuesday night ended peacefully when construction crews were escorted from Bloor Street by police and demonstrators chanted “get home safe” to the workers in trucks carrying stacks of pylons. But at Wednesday afternoon’s protest, at least one demonstrator in a green bike helmet was led away in handcuffs by two police officers. Nearby, a worker in high-visibility vests took down a bike lane sign. Bike lane protest arrest Police arrest a protester at a protest in support of bike lanes as workers begin to remove the lanes along Bloor Street West in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.