Northern BC’s first newborn of 2019 is a boy, PG’s first birth of the year is a girl

UPDATE 11:15 am

The first newborn of 2019 in Prince George is a girl named Nezaya Mack courtesy of parents Chris and Kim from Bella Coola weighing seven pounds and ten ounces.

She was brought into the northern capital at 7:52 AM at University Hospital.

The family also six older brothers and sisters in the family.

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It will be a New Year’s to remember for a family from Stewart.

Nikki and Will Ross are the proud parents of Northern BC’s first newborn of 2019.

Both of them welcomed son William at 1 AM from the Bulkley Valley District Hospital in Smithers.

The whole experience went by in a flash.

“My wife was out waiting in Hazleton with her mom, at about nine o’clock we left Hazleton to come here and we got a hotel and then we left the room at about midnight and the baby was born at about one,” said Will.

“It all happened within about four hours and went by pretty quick, he is about twelve days early but is healthy.”

William is six pounds, fourteen ounces and is also welcomed into the world by his older sister Avery who is two and a half years old.

 

 

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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