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Reports by Eric Taschner
- Clean, Green, Beautiful North Bay looks ahead to community-wide cleanup later this month
- West Nipissing mayor joins national summit on tackling substance use and addiction crisis
- Nipissing University centre closes following investigation into social media post
- NOSM University partners with West Nipissing’s hospital for med student training
- OPP call for responsibility on roads, trails, lakes this long weekend
- Northern Ont. MPP searching for Second World War veterans to ensure they receive honours
- Beer bottle collector organizes first Canadian brewery advertising convention in North Bay
- Province injects funds to support EMS services in Nipissing District
- Health unit confirms another bird tests for West Nile Virus in Nipissing-Parry Sound
- North Bay mattress drop-off day aims to stop illegal dumping
- Feds help fund 155 affordable housing unit renovations in Nipissing District
- Pentagon funds cobalt refinery plant expansion in northern Ontario
- Fundraiser aims to help struggling North Bay soup kitchen
- Summer camp in North Bay piques interest in science, technology and math
- North Bay’s Main Street revitalization moves to final phase
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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