Police said a 73-year-old man with a cane was pushed to the ground by a man who walked away after the incident.

Police do not believe the suspect and victim, who spent more than a month in hospital after the attack, are known to each other.

One man is facing a second-degree murder charge for a shooting in July, while another is charged with manslaughter for allegedly fatally punching someone on the Downtown Eastside.

A 47-year-old man was stabbed in front of the Astoria Hotel early Tuesday morning, police said. He was taken to hospital and is expected to survive.

William Johnson, 52, said he was hit over the head with a machete outside the Blenz coffee shop near Granville and Nelson streets on New Year's Eve.

Police said a 52-year-old man was struck in the head by a man carrying a machete around 7 p.m. near Granville and Nelson streets on New Year's Eve.

Cruz Thomas Joseph, 33, is charged with six offences in connection with the alleged New Year's Eve attack on the Granville strip.

Randy Frederick Powell is accused of walking around an East Vancouver neighbourhood while wielding a machete last month.

Vancouver police are asking witnesses to come forward after a stabbing in the Downtown Eastside earlier this week.

Vancouver police said they arrested the man and recovered a weapon.