Ukrainian newcomer stabbed at Edmonton bus stop no longer in ICU, wife says

Ivan Pylypchuk was finally getting used to his new early-morning routine commuting to his job at a construction company, which the Ukrainian newcomer joined two days after moving to Canada with his wife and daughter.

Ivan Pylypchuk was finally getting used to his new early-morning routine commuting to his job at a construction company, which the Ukrainian newcomer joined two days after moving to Canada with his wife and daughter.

He would wake up at 5 a.m. every day and head out at 6 a.m. But on the morning of April 13, less than two weeks after his arrival in Canada, things were different.

Pylypchuk had just bought a fresh cup of coffee from Tim Hortons, making the best of the 15-minute window between connecting buses to work.

As he waited at the stop in southeastern Edmonton, police say an unknown man approached Pylypchuk from behind and stabbed him. The attacker then fled the area on foot.

Pylypchuk dialed 911 and reported the attack seconds before he collapsed and lost consciousness.

"He didn't even have a sip of his coffee when he was stabbed at the bus stop," his wife, Yulia Pushkar, said in Ukrainian as a friend, Leonid Leshchinsky, interpreted.

Almost a week after the attack, Pushkar said her husband was feeling better.