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Reports by Eric Taschner
- Northern Ont. tourism officials shift focus to American and Toronto travellers
- No new charging stations coming for North Bay or Timmins, province confirms
- North Bay to move ahead with $63M arena
- 'Merry Christmas': Santa Claus parade draws thousands to North Bay’s streets
- North Bay hospital launches new ‘dementia-free neighbourhood’ to reduce patient stress
- North Bay school of late young hockey player unveils banner to honour his legacy
- Northern Ont. marks Remembrance Day
- Northern Ont. mayors call for help with homelessness, addictions and immigration
- Volunteers in northern Ont. knit poppies for highway bridge display
- Students in North Bay learn about Holodomor genocide in travelling RV exhibit
- North Bay high school eSports team wins provincial championship titles
- More than half of Ontario's wildfires this year were in the northeast, MNR says
- North Bay charitable groups collect winter coats for vulnerable people
- Northern Ont. municipalities worry about skyrocketing policing costs
- North Bay business owner says road construction may force him to close
Eric Taschner
ContactEric Taschner is a videojournalist 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
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