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The episode discusses a deadly stabbing incident in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the subsequent arrests.

Two people have been arrested after a deadly stabbing on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside Wednesday morning. James Andrew Slater, 49, died in hospital after being stabbed near East Hastings and Columbia Streets at around 2:30 a.m. Charges are pending against a man and woman as investigators try to figure out why it happened.

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