Scotiabank became a partner in the Giller prize in 2005, which raised the purse from $25,000 to $50,000 ($40,000 to the winner, and $2,500 to each of the four runners up)....

It's a fair point that about half the comments are from the GTA, guest, but for a Toronto issue, I still think that the loin's share of reactions posted by the other half often went just a little over...

Grand! Now if we could just get Murdoch shut-up too, Santa wouldn't even have to get in his sleigh come winter....