Police in Metro Vancouver say they're investigating a Christmas Day assault at a SkyTrain station that left the victim with serious injuries.
They say officers were called to the New Westminster station at about 5 P-M.
The victim was taken to hospital in serious condition, but is expected to recover.
Police are asking anyone with information to come forward.
A police news release says the suspect ran after hitting the victim and took the axe with him. Officers, with help from police dog services, searched for the suspect but were unsuccessful.
Aryan Prakash was last seen on Friday, February 3rd at 1:00pm in the 5600 block of Arcadia Rd, Richmond. He may be or has been in the area of Nassau Dr/Victoria Dr in Vancouver.
The Liberal government has confirmed it flew into Canadian airspace from Alaska before crossing back into the Western U.S., but it won’t say when or where the balloon was in Canada. The balloon was shot down by an American fighter jet on Sunday off the coast of South Carolina.
The premiers say Ottawa contributes about 22 per cent of what the provinces spend on health care and they want that to go up to 35 per cent. Trudeau will insist some of the increased federal cash go to specific areas including addressing worker shortages, improving data collection and reducing surgical backlogs
Ocean Networks Canada will study currents, marine safety and incident response, ocean sound information to mitigate the harm of human noise on marine life and ocean monitoring for coastal communities.
Officers responded to West Pender and Carrall Street shortly after midnight and discovered a man who was deceased. The victim has not yet been identified and no arrests have been made.