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Reports by Eric Taschner
- Fundraiser for PADDLE program has participants stranded in canoe raise funds
- Outside actors were behind North Bay protest, college president says
- Residents in Rota’s riding express sadness, disappointment following resignation
- Run and walk fundraised hits its stride for North Bay's hospital
- Near North Crime Stoppers thank community partners with formal Gala
- Nipissing University students pitch in to clean their city streets of litter
- 'Doing the right thing isn't always the right thing to do': Fedeli comments Greenbelt land reversal decision
- Province invests in new sports complex at Canadore College
- North Bay purchases new rake to clean local beaches
- North Bay city council wants to move ahead with arena project with $52M limit
- Powassan bans park vandals for a year in wake of incidents at park
- Homeless international students in North Bay reach agreement with Canadore
- 50-100 North Bay, Ont., college students are homeless
- International students struggle to find housing in North Bay
- Northern Ont. chainsaw sculptor wins first place in international competition
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
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