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Congratulations! It’s a girl!

Congratulations to Western Wheel reporter Krista Conrad and her man Kevin Gritton on the newest addition to their family, Jordan Elizabeth Gritton. She was born on Jan. 17 at 10:58 p.m.

Congratulations to Western Wheel reporter Krista Conrad and her man Kevin Gritton on the newest addition to their family, Jordan Elizabeth Gritton.

She was born on Jan. 17 at 10:58 p.m. weighing 9 pounds 9 ounces, 21 inches long and 100 per cen adorable.

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The long-awaited update to Canada’s food guide has been published.

Food for healthy eating has been placed into three categories; fruit and vegetables, whole grains and protein foods. I think it will take me a long time to shift my thinking away from the four food groups I’ve always known; fruit and vegetables, grain products, dairy and meat.

The updated food guide asks that you make water your drink of choice. This reminds me of a time when I learned that a person can have too much of a good thing. I was about 15 years old and I was with a friend at his older brothers apartment. His older brothers and his friends didn’t consume alcohol for religious reasons so they were playing a drinking game with water.

One of the participants wasn’t very good at the game they were playing and we all cheered him on as he drank about one and a half large milk jugs full of water in a matter of minutes.

I thought he was just acting drunk for our entertainment when he started stumbling, mixing up his words and just not making any sense at all.

None of us had ever heard of water poisoning and we certainly had no idea that it could be fatal. We realized that it was no joke when he erupted like Old Faithful. Thankfully he recovered with time and we all learned that moderation is needed, even with the things that are good for us.

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