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Reports by Eric Taschner
- 'They're our mascot': millions of shad flies begin annual invasion of North Bay
- New food truck opens in North Bay serving plant-based Japanese food
- The Capitol Centre starts new shared-benefit partnership with local musicians
- Northern Ontario family cycling for childhood cancer research
- North Bay group lobbying city council to create racial equity committee
- North Bay Transit considers making masks mandatory for riders this fall
- North Bay man shares his journey as city celebrates transgender unity
- 22 Wing - CFB North Bay announces new squadron commanding officer
- Bonfield Event Park hosts test and tune event for drag racers
- Week-long safety blitz begins on Ontario lakes and roads
- Final graduating class of Widdifield Secondary School celebrates with drive-by graduation ceremony
- North Bay's hospital to start welcoming back patient caregivers
- Proposed North Bay community centre and arena sees increase in costs and size
- Mattawa man arrested, crystal meth and opioids seized
- North Bay's police chief starting new advisory council to help heal racial divide
Eric Taschner
ContactEric Taschner is a Video Journalist with CTV News Northern Ontario based in North Bay.
Originally hailing from Woodstock, Ontario, he is excited to call North Bay his home.
He joined CTV News Northern Ontario in July 2018.
Eric is a two-time RTDNF scholarship winner in 2017 for a three-part series he did on how animals impact our daily lives. He also won both the Dana Lewis Frontline Award for crime reporting and the Digital Journalist Award in 2016.
He has been on the scene of massive fires, floods, wildfires, car crashes, and murder scenes. Additionally, he covers city council meetings, along with both provincial and federal politics.
Eric remembers covering the return to North Bay for one of the last surviving Dionne Quintuplets in 2018. That story aired nationally on CTV News. He also worked on a story about a school shooting threat and exclusively reported on a large wildfire in B.C.
Before joining CTV News Northern Ontario, he previously worked at CJDC-TV in Dawson Creek, B.C. as a Reporter and Anchor. He also spent part of his career employed at 104.7 Heart FM as a Reporter/Newscaster.
He is a graduate of the Broadcast Journalism/Television News program at Fanshawe College, during which he completed an internship at CTV News in London.
Eric is fluent in English.
He enjoys watching soccer and cheering on his favourite team, FC Barcelona.
Dana Lewis Frontline Award, 2016
Digital Journalist Award, 2016
CTV News Northern Ontario Team
