Reports by Eric Taschner
- North Bay woman charged with possession of Purple Heroin
- OPP arrest three from North Bay during high-risk traffic stop
- Mattawa to get $2 million to help with 2019 flood damage
- North Bay YMCA to act as city's temporary warming centre
- First community transmission of COVID-19 in North Bay Parry Sound District
- Fifth positive case of COVID-19 confirmed by North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
- North Bay hospital gives behind-the-scenes look at COVID-19 assessment centre
- North Bay city hall and Golden Age Club highlight 'Are You O.K.?' program in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
- North Bay's Emergency Operations Control Group looks to improve COVID-19 pandemic plan
- Canadian actor subjected to COVID-19 racism in North Bay
- North Bay post office closed after employee tests presumptive positive for COVID-19
- North Bay residents make noise for essential workers
- First COVID-19 case in North Bay Parry Sound linked to international travel
- North Bay high schools donate goggles to assist city hospital
- Mining company helps northern hospital with supply donation
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
