1 week after triple stabbing, Chinatown community remains resilient and hopeful for positive change

One week after an unprovoked attack in Vancouver's Chinatown, many in the community are still struggling to cope, but remain resilient and hopeful that a positive change is on the horizon.

It's been exactly one week since a 64-year-old man allegedly stabbed three strangers in an unprovoked attack at the the Light Up Chinatown festival.

Many in the community are still struggling to cope, but remain resilient and hopeful that a positive change is on the horizon, including Emmanuelle Rousseau and Boyd Thomson, who have been running Stretch, a yoga studio in Chinatown, for 10 years.

While business is flourishing, they said the neighbourhood is not.

“My heart breaks every day," said Thomson.

“I’ve here for over 15 years now and it’s been in a slow decline," he continued.

He admitted that he's gotten more cynical over the years.

“There was a time where if I saw someone in need, I would stop and help them and now I literally step over bodies on my way home and I only live three blocks away. And I live by an elementary school and I see horrible things," Thomson said.