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Man stabbed to death outside shelter in Vancouver’s Fairview neighbourhood

Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver on Sat. Jan. 9, 2021. Police are investigating a homicide near a shelter on Yukon Street on Sun. Jan. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A 40-year-old man was fatally stabbed on Sunday night outside a shelter in Vancouver’s Fairview neighbourhood.

The Yukon Street shelter resident, Jason Robert St. Anne, died in the hospital around 10:30 p.m., according to Vancouver police.

The stabbing took place during an altercation with another person near Yukon Street and West 5th Avenue. No arrests have been made, police said.

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Anyone with information on the homicide is asked to call 604-717-2500.

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