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Interior Health91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s first baby of 2021 born in Kelowna

Baby girl welcomed into the world at 1:22 a.m., at Kelowna General Hospital
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Kelowna General Hospital emergency room. (Michael Rodriguez - Capital News)

The first baby of 2021 born in Interior Health was welcomed into the world at 1:22 a.m. this morning.

Interior Health Authority confirmed on Jan. 1 the baby girl was born at Kelowna General Hospital and weighed eight pounds, 10 ounces.

She was born to parents Ashley and Tyler Robinson, and has an older sister Emma, 2.

Black Press Media earlier reported that in B.C., the first baby of 2021 was born 21 minutes after midnight, at the Women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Hospital in Vancouver.

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Ottawa91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s first baby of the year was born at 12:09 a.m., at the Montfort Hospital. According to the Montreal Gazette, their city91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s first baby of 2021 was born at exactly midnight.

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Do you have something to add to this story, or something else we should report on? Email: phil.mclachlan@kelownacapnews.com


 


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Phil McLachlan

About the Author: Phil McLachlan

Phil McLachlan is the editor at the Penticton Western News. He served as the reporter, and eventually editor of The Free Press newspaper in Fernie.
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