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Reports by Eric Taschner
- 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
- FONOM calls on province to fund Hope Air, calling it a ‘vital service’ for northern Ont.
- West Ferris students collect thousands of pounds of food for North Bay Food Bank
- Family that lost newborn son launches fundraiser to purchase a cuddle cot for North Bay hospital
- Provincial funding aims to bolster electric vehicle job creation
- Electrical issue likely sparked Kirkland Lake fire that displaced 25 people
- Police in North Bay looking to fill 30 vacant positions
- Former Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial to get underway at northern Ontario courthouse
- Heroic dog saved his northern Ont. owner who had a massive heart attack
- Cleanup of chemicals at North Bay airport to begin within weeks
- One person dead following North Bay industrial incident
- Crime severity data reveals North Bay is one of the safest cities in northern Ont.
- North Bay police, safety advocates express frustration after disappointing back-to-school safety results
- Blood cancer survivor helps organize second annual North Bay stem cell swab clinic
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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