B.C. Welcomes First Babies of 2025, Starting in Kamloops

The province's first newborn of the year, Emerson Hill, arrived at 12:02 a.m. in Kamloops, followed by other births across British Columbia.

Emerson Hill, born at 12:02 a.m. at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, is the first baby of 2025 in British Columbia.
Emerson, weighing seven pounds 10 ounces, is the first child of parents Jordan and Elijah Hill, who named him after a Seattle Mariners baseball pitcher.
In the Fraser Health region, a baby boy was born at 12:07 a.m. at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster to Jamie Carballo and Jeremy Borys.
Victoria General Hospital welcomed Zion Ebo Zormelo-Kika, Island Health's first baby of 2025, also born at 12:07 a.m. and weighing eight pounds three ounces.
At 11:10 a.m., St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver saw the arrival of Deena Suna, born to parents Uma Suna and her partner.