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Lesley-Anne Scorgie

Reporter · CA

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Sep 21, 2026
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Top 500K sites
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Jul 13, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Lesley-Anne Scorgie

    ‘While I’m here ...’: The four most expensive words in your budget (opens the original)

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    Lesley-Anne Scorgie is a Toronto-based personal finance columnist and a freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Follow her on Twitter: @lesleyscorgie You stop at the grocery store for milk. Then you remember you’re almost out of coffee. The strawberries look good. You grab something for dinner tomorrow. And while you’re here, you might as well pick up that shampoo that’s on sale. You came for a $7 item. You leave $65 poorer — or worse. Welcome to what I call the “While I’m Here Tax”Â

  2. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Lesley-Anne Scorgie

    How can I successfully ask for a raise? (opens the original)

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    Lesley-Anne Scorgie is a Toronto-based personal finance columnist and a freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Follow her on Twitter: @lesleyscorgie When money is tight, our first instinct is to cut back. We cancel subscriptions. Downgrade memberships. Pack more lunches. Hunt for better grocery deals. Delay vacations. But if you’ve been with the same employer for years and suspect you’re being underpaid, or know you are, there may be a much bigger financial opportunity sitting right in

  3. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Lesley-Anne Scorgie

    What are the financial hills experts would die on? (opens the original)

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    Lesley-Anne Scorgie is a Toronto-based personal finance columnist and a freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Follow her on Twitter: @lesleyscorgie Social media has been flooded lately with experts sharing the “hills they’d die on”; the opinions they’ll defend no matter how unpopular. Doctors, teachers, chefs, nutritionists and therapists have all weighed in. As someone who has spent more than two decades helping Canadians improve their financial well-being, I have a few of my own. Some

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