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Woman expected to survive stabbing in Vancouver

A woman was taken to hospital in a B.C. Ambulance Service 'Advanced Life Support Unit,' Wednesday night after a stabbing in East Vancouver.

Police say some sort of altercation led to the stabbing

A woman is loaded into an ambulance after a stabbing, Wednesday night in Vancouver. (Rafferty Baker/CBC)

A woman was taken to hospital in a B.C. Ambulance Service 'Advanced Life Support Unit,' Wednesday night, after a stabbing in East Vancouver.

Police and paramedics confirmed that the woman is expected to survive her wounds.

It happened just after midnightat the Triage Centre, at 707 PowellSt.

Triage Centre is a homeless shelter that providesemergency housing and careservices, according to RainCityHousing's website.

Vancouver Police say some sort of altercation led to the stabbing, but the details aren't clear.

Police didn't immediately have a suspect in custody.

The neon sign above the door at the Triage Centre on Powell Street, in Vancouver. (Rafferty Baker/CBC)