A new year in Alberta means a New Year’s baby announcement!
The first baby of 2025 born at an Alberta hospital is a little girl named Amira.
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange shared the happy news Wednesday afternoon on social media.
Baby Amira was born at 12:02:22 a.m. at the South Health Campus in Calgary, weighing in at a wee four pounds, 14.3 ounces.
“We wish all of the New Year’s babies and families health, happiness, and plenty of sleep,” LaGrange tweeted.
Edmonton’s New Year’s baby came into the world less than half an hour later.
Alberta Health Services said parents Sukhdeep Kaur and Jasleen Singh Chohan welcomed their new daughter at 12:29 a.m.
She was born at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital in southeast Edmonton, weighing in at eight pounds and two ounces.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the new bundle of joy had yet to be named.