Jade Prévost-Manuel

Jade Prévost-Manuel is a multimedia journalist and former CBC Joan Donaldson scholar. She writes stories on science, culture and travel. Got a tip? Reach her on Twitter at @prevost_manuel.

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This programmer turned saving people's old home videos into a business

Joel Kennedy of London, Ont., digitizes VHS tapes, audio cassettes, square film slides and even Super 8 film with his eclectic gadgets and gear.

Rising food prices, pandemic rules drive up cost of church's free meal program

Free dinner, every Saturday night for over 20 years — St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church’s dinner program has a decades-long legacy of easing hunger, but inflation and COVID-19 public health rules mean the program is getting more expensive.

Meet Bitey, the life-size zombie shark that wants to chomp into your can collection

No, you're not imagining it — there's a life-sized zombie shark hanging out around Highbury and Oxford, and it turns out he's there for a good cause. 'Bitey' is the lawn mascot for one family's campaign to feed hungry Londoners this October. 

These Olympians faced empty stands at Tokyo, so Londoners stepped up to the plate

Cheers erupted from a crowd of hundreds attending London, Ont.’s Saturday celebration at Labatt Park to make noise for the London Olympians like Damian Warner, Maggie MacNeil and Susanne Grainger who competed at Tokyo 2020.

Clues from human waste could shed light on climate change and decline of Maya population

Extreme climate changes, both wet and dry, corresponded with the population decline of a Maya settlement in central America according to new research out of McGill University that looked at indicators left behind by ancient human waste.  

No, we can't fireproof towns and cities — but here's how we can make them more resilient

More than 200 active wildfires are blazing across B.C. as of Thursday and the already devastating fire season begs the question — is there any way for us to fireproof towns and cities at nature's edge?

Heat wave would have been 'virtually impossible' without climate change, report suggests

The Pacific Northwest's recent heat wave — which overwhelmed communities in both Canada and the U.S. — was at least 150 times more likely to happen because of climate change, new data suggests.

How hot is too hot for humans? Understanding wet-bulb temperatures

Wet-bulb temperatures prevent the body from cooling down. Modelling suggests that if we don't bring down greenhouse gas emissions, wet-bulb temperatures could regularly exceed dangerous benchmarks in parts of the world this century. 

Canadian explorer to attempt 1st human-powered crossing of Turks and Caicos Islands

This Canadian explorer kayaked the length of Lake Ontario last summer. Next month, he’ll swap the blue waters of Ontario’s Bruce Peninsula for those of Turks and Caicos to set records with a six-day expedition across the eight major islands.

Got #BookFace? Let these London, Ont. librarians inspire you

It turns out you can judge a book by its cover. Defying the age-old idiom, librarians in London Ont. are exploring their collection of easy-to-match covers to perfect their #BookFace, lightening the mood among staff after a heavy year.