I went to sleep after Jimmi T's rumour and woke up to this. It's interesting to see how his confusing wording kind of captured this; disagreement over who to arrest.
That Star article, as others have noted, is clearly TPS's way of letting us all know that the hold-up is not their fault. Pugash could have said, "The investigation is ongoing and we can't discuss when or what charges might be laid." Instead he gave possibly the most substantive comment I've ever seen him give about any investigation While people on this forum have known all along the they are working with the Crown etc. to make sure their butts are covered, I don't think that was common knowledge. Now everyone knows TPS has done their due dilligence and these Johnny Come Latelies at the OPP are more concerned about arresting Siyad than Ford and Lisi. (It also sounds like while they feel they have these guys, they're still pulling more off the iCloud stuff.)
My wife read it as, "Now he's going to get away after you said he'd be arrested?!" but I don't see that. As the Star article points out, it's hardly contradictory that they were trying to extort Ford and Lisi was extorting them. Threats beget threats. So, to come back to Jimmi T, the TPS may regard the first extortion as less of a big deal while trying to get at Ford/Lisi while the OPP are saying, "You have to go at these other guys too; arrest them all at once."
Obviously TPS can arrest Ford and Lisi whenever they want. The trick is the optics since Ford is accusing them of being political and we think OPP is being political....so can TPS afford to pull the trigger without the cover they'd get from OPP or has that become more of a liability than a help?