Centre for Inquiry | Vancouver (CFI)

12/06/2020

I still lean towards this being a mass psychogenic illness.

BBC News - 'Havana syndrome' likely caused by directed microwaves - US report

The US report is the latest attempt to explain a mystery illness that affected diplomats in Cuba.

11/16/2020

Of course this study is limited in a number of ways, but . . . I knew it 😏

BBC News - Video games 'good for well-being' says University of Oxford study

Gamers who played titles for longer reported feeling happier than those who did not.

11/15/2020

CFI Canada has a discord server, yay! And of course it has a meme channel. You know you want to contribute to that, let's see what you've got!

https://discord.gg/ca6Sk5pBC7

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

02/22/2019

Vancouver doctors are seeing an uptick in the number of unvaccinated teens and young adults seeking to be inoculated against measles in the wake of an outbreak of the disease at two schools in the city.

11/05/2018

But you and I would call this out anywhere, anytime :)

While New Brunswick's medical college has launched a legal challenge against several naturopaths for their false advertising, other regulators seem downright uninterested .

11/02/2018

Has anyone taken one of these? I was aware of the tests, but not the criticisms.

I dare say, the CBC is one of the best things about Canada. They must have some top notch skeptics and investigators working there.

Two of Canada's biggest labs promote and offer something known as IgG food tests at their labs, marketed as a way to test for food sensitivities. But medical experts call these blood tests "irrelevant," "unvalidated" and "inappropriate" when it comes to tracking food intolerance.

09/08/2018

CFI Canada is involved with this one.

A former Vancouver nurse has filed a complaint with the BC Human Rights Tribunal saying that the 12-step approach did not work to help him overcome substance abuse, but it's the only addiction program acceptable in the nursing profession and he lost his job when he stopped attending.

08/20/2018

Can you be good without God? Looks like it :)

Batman comics reveal Bruce Wayne doesn't believe in God after the death of his parents.

08/11/2018

We wouldn't be fooled by such nonsense, right? :)

Did a 10-year-old passing the time at a gas station by playing on a phone cause a fatal explosion, as a viral post asserted? Short answer: no.

07/22/2018

Getayawkal Ayele convinced a family to let him try the miracle after telling the story of Lazarus.

07/17/2018

By the time class let out for the summer in 2016, a Vancouver Island pr***en was spending almost all of every school day alone in an empty room, away from his friends.

07/15/2018

A Canadian science communicator wanted to show how people's emotions and desire for easy answers can be manipulated when it comes to science and health information. His fake video with a very real message now has millions of views.