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It’s a girl!

First baby born in Northern Health delivered at UHNBC
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University Hospital of Northern B.C., in Prince George. (UBC photo)

The first baby born in the Northern Health region of 2024 is a girl.

Baby Holland was born at University Hospital of Northern British Columbia on Jan. 1 at 1:04 a.m. to Amy and Jaden Janzen of Burns Lake, weighing in at six pounds, eight ounces.

Meanwhile, the first baby born in Terrace is a boy.

Baby Declan was born at Mills Memorial Hospital at 2:38 a.m.

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