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Issue No. 90 July 12, 2020
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Sports Energy News Publisher Mike Piquette Talks About Our New Format

thinking of selling your home? By Casey Leger We Googled:

t’s been a couple of months since Can Newspapers Carry Coronavirous?
ISports Energy has been available
on local stands, but the newspaper
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to expand his publication’s coverage
Since 1959 to include more than local sports. In
savingS are substantial & simple this interview he discusses the past,
present, and his vision for the paper’s
future.

Sports Energy (SE): How long
has the paper been publishing?
Mike Piquette (MP): Our 1st
versus paying a 5% real estate commission. edition hit the stands in July 2012. It
was a 16-page paper. This year marks
seller savings compared to paying a hypothetical 5% commission including HST.
COMMISSION RATES ARE NEGOTIABLE BY LAW. NOT INTENTED TO SOLICIT PROPERTIES ALREADY LISTED FOR SALE.
our 8th anniversary.
SE: What did you do before you The videos and stories say newspapers
became a publisher?
DO NOT spread the Covid 19 infection
MP: I worked in sales and & newspapers are SAFE to touch.
$ 7 Meal purchasing in the electrical and Malorie and Rilynne Leger enjoying a back issue of Sports Energy.
automotive industries. Through my
Deal

I became involved in hockey as a full-
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to a mini Blizzard time job when Don Derry purchased Colts in 2008, I was responsible SE: You’re making changes to
Treat for 1 the Massena Americans, moved for the marketing and community the paper’s content. What kind of
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them to Cornwall and they became involvement aspect of the team. changes are you making? Why are
the Cornwall Colts. I find it hard to Being out in the community, talking you making them?
believe but hockey was my full-time to people, I realized just how many
MP: Through the years I was
OPEN job for 15 years. great success stories that were not asked many times to publish non-
til 10 pm being told about our local athletes and
SE: Why did you decide to start a sports-related stories. Former
that got me thinking about publishing
local sports paper? Standard Freeholder and CJSS Radio
1307 Pitt St. (corner of 13th) Cornwall a local sports paper to share these
613-938-6772 MP: When I returned to the stories. personality Bill Lascelle was one
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