B.C. welcomes first babies of 2017

The first baby to be born in British Columbia this yeardidn't waste his time getting here.

A boy named Montgomery was the first babyto make his way into the province, promptly at 12:00 am PT.

He was delivered at the B.C. Women's Hospital to parents Dana and Peter Harlosandcame into the world weighingeight pounds, 14 ounces.

In the FraserHealth district, the first baby to be born was at Surrey Memorial at 12:27 a.m. PT.

His name is Abhay Singh and he was born to parents Manpreet and Ovinder Atwal, joining siblings Arjun and Balbhaj.

The first baby born in Northern B.C. was a girl named Alma who weighed 10 pounds, eight ounces.

She was delivered via water birth at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia in Prince George at 1:55 a.m. PT.

Northern Health said her parents, Stephanie and Joel Baerg, and her two older siblings all live in China but came back to Canada for the birth and to visit family.

On Vancouver Island, the first baby was a girl namedChloe, born at 2:09 a.m. PT to parentsMingjunZhangand Eric Wang inNanaimo.