At least three provinces have confirmed community spread of the variants and there have been more than 450 variant cases in Canada to date. "We need to really be very cautious about easing public health measures at this time while vaccination is just beginning to accelerate." From a public health perspective in Toronto, that time is not now." (Ben Nelms/CBC)New Brunswick is another province sticking with strict public health measures despite having just four confirmed cases of B117. "Even though it's a small minority of strains, they're spreading better here than the old variants are spreading."

Source: CBC News February 13, 2021 09:00 UTC