'Best gift': Quebec hospitals and parents welcome first babies born in 2026

Alyson Brown-Tremblay poses with her daughter, Lessy-Ann, in a January 1, 2026, handout photo. Lessy-Ann was born two minutes after midnight at the CHU de Québec-Université Laval in Quebec City, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval (Mandatory Credit)

MONTREAL - One of Quebec's first babies of 2026 was born right at the stroke of midnight.

The regional health authority for the Montérégie-Ouest region announced that baby Anaïah was born at exactly 12 a.m. at the Suroît hospital in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, and that she and her mother Michèle are doing well.

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