Western redcedar is the provincial tree of British Columbia. It can live for almost 1,000 years!
Eating snow
Eating snow Contrary to the popular expression, driven snow
isn't all that pure. Jeff Gaffney, an atmospheric chemist, says
that there are lots of toxins in snow such as lead and mercury and
"the more [a] child eats, the greater the exposure to these
contaminants." FEBRUARY 17, 2001