Fort St. John and Prince George welcome their first babies of 2025
Northern Health has announced that Fort St. John and Prince George have welcomed their first babies of the new year.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Northern Health has announced that Fort St. John and Prince George have welcomed their first babies of the new year.
A baby girl, Cori Rae Rouble, was born at Fort St. John Hospital on January 2nd, 2025, at 7:46 a.m.
Weighing six pounds and 15 ounces, baby Cori was welcomed by her parents, Samantha and Bradyn of Taylor, and her older brother Myles.
Prince George’s baby was announced as a boy at the University Hospital of Northern BC on January 1st at 2:13 p.m. to Natalie and William Lo.
According to the B.C. Government, the first baby born in the province was a baby boy named Emerson.
Emerson was born to parents Jordan and Elijah Hill at 12:02 a.m. PT on Wednesday, January 1st, in Kamloops.
According to the B.C. Lottery Corporation, Fort St. John’s Hospital and Birthing Centre was listed at odds of 50 to 1 among 23 hospitals for where the province’s first baby of 2025 will be born.
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