A Vancouver man has been charged in relation to a fatal stabbing near Vancouver's Commercial-Broadway station on Jan. 20, according to police. Police said Christopher Jumal Sanderson, 48, died in hospital following the stabbing near East 10th Avenue and Commercial Drive that dayIt was the city's first recorded homicide of 2026, the Vancouver Police Department said in a statement. Now, 22-year-old Quoc The Cathedral Dang has been charged with one count of second-degree murder in relation to the incident. "The arrest was made following the execution of a search warrant at a home near Commercial Drive and East 13th Avenue on [Jan.] 24," a statement from police said. Officers had responded to reports of a stabbing around 8:40 p.m. on the day of Sanderson's death.

Source: CBC News January 27, 2026 16:26 UTC