A man is now expected to survive after being stabbed several times in Whalley.
At 2:15 p.m. Friday (Aug. 14) police responded to a complaint of a stabbing and another assault at 144 Street and 107A Avenue, at the entrance to Hawthorn Park.
They found one man with injuries consistent with being hit with a blunt instrument and another who had been stabbed several times in the torso.
The stabbing victim was taken to hospital in critical condition, but has been stabilized and was expected to be released as of Monday.
The man who was struck suffered only minor injuries.
Police were following a lengthy blood trail, indicating the man was stabbed somewhere else.