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Reports by Eric Taschner
- 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
- Traffic safety coalition holds seminar in North Bay on impaired driving and its effects
- Leafs legend Mats Sundin visits North Bay mall to promote new book, sign autographs
- New annual funding aims to improve Indigenous learning in Ontario
- North Bay soup kitchen fights to stay open after $140K funding request denied
- North Bay pharmacist warns others after fraudsters swapped his bank card, stole $1,500
- Canadore students brainstorm ideas to tackle local and world problems
- OPP, North Bay police try to curb roadside panhandling through education campaign
- North Bay’s new all-wheel park officially opens
- North Bay Battalion coach to be behind the bench in CHL USA prospects challenge
- West Nipissing schools collect 22,000 lbs. of food for the food bank
- Members of North Bay-based 22 Wing participate in NATO air defense exercises in Greece
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