Winnipeg is West, Vancouver is What?

As evidenced in policy, action, and opinion, when those in the East look to the West they can't seem to see beyond Alberta.

And now they're seriously talking about Winnipeg as one of the cities in the West and conveniently leaving Vancouver off the list?

This is from an article about Canada having the lowest crime rate in 25 years.

"Higher crime rates are more the trend in large western cities, such as Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon, Melcher said."

True, it seems as though they might be saying that Vancouver doesn't have the same "higher crime rates" - not only is that not true, but the chart in the article shows that BC and Saskatchewan moved about the same on the crime scale between 2005 and 2006. So you can see why it appears once again that Ontario-goggles, providing fog to overshadow the land beyond Calgary, have struck again.

And for the record I have no beef with Manitoba, so if they like being Western, they're welcome in my house...they can take Alberta's place.