Here are B.C.'s 1st babies of 2025
1st baby born in B.C. in 2025 was at 12:02 a.m. PT in Kamloops
A number of families across British Columbia rang in the new year by welcoming new babies.
Here are the first babies born in B.C. in 2025.
According to the B.C. government, the first child born in the province in 2025 was delivered at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops at 12:02 a.m. PT Wednesday.
Parents Jordan and Elijah Hill welcomed baby boy Emerson, who weighed seven pounds 10 ounces. He is their first child, according to the health authority.
Jordan said her baby was actually due on Jan. 3, which meant he arrived two days early.
"He's very snuggly and loves to cuddle," the new mother told CBC News from her hospital bed.
Elijah, wearing a Seattle Mariners baseball cap, said his child was named after baseball pitcher Emerson Hancock.
"I don't know any boy Emersons except for that pitcher on the Mariners. So yeah, we kind of fell in love with it," he said.
In the Fraser Health region, the first baby was delivered at 12:07 a.m. PT at New Westminster's Royal Columbian Hospital. Jamie Carballo and Jeremy Borys are the proud parents of a seven pound one ounce boy who has yet to be given a name.
Island Health's first baby also arrived at 12:07 a.m. PT. Baby boy Zion Ebo Zormelo-Kika was born at Victoria General Hospital, weighing in at eight pounds three ounces.
Providence Health Care said the first baby at Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital arrived at 11:10 a.m. PT. Uma Suna and her partner welcomed baby girl Deena Suna, who weighed seven pounds one ounce.
CBC News has reached out to Vancouver Coastal Health and Northern Health for information about the first babies born in their respective regions.
The first baby born in B.C. in 2024 was born at 12 a.m. on the dot, at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. Parents Julia Goryn and Travis Stutsky were beaming with excitement over the arrival of their first child, Taylor.
With files from Amelia John