OTTAWA Brandy McCann and Bruce Bianco of Ottawa were originally expecting a new baby in time for Christmas morning. Instead, McCann gave birth to Ottawa s first baby of 2021 nine minutes into the New Year at the Montfort Hospital. In a media release, the Montfort Hospital announced McCann gave birth to Harlow Winter Margaret Bianco at 12:09 a.m. at the Family Birthing Centre. McCann gave birth with the help of her midwife Celine Goodrich. The hospital was amazing. It was my first birth in a hospital and my midwife was fantastic, said McCann during an interview Friday afternoon with CTV News Ottawa. McCann said she had previously done home births.