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So far, no new babies have been welcomed at Stanton Territorial Hospital, Inuvik Regional Hospital, the Fort Smith Health Centre or the Hay River Health Centre also unable to provide details.

With regards to Stanton, the closure of the obstetrics unit on Dec. 10 made any delivery an unlikely circumstance. Families expecting babies are being diverted to Alberta for labour and delivery.

Kristi Bland, senior adviser of media relations and issues management for Alberta Health Services, indicated that it may take a while before the NWT finds out who the New YearSA国际影视传媒檚 baby is, if ever.

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The province does hope to bring the practice back in 2023, barring future Covid-19 complications.

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