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Reports by Eric Taschner
- Only two candidates in North Bay's mayoral race
- Former Ontario Premier Mike Harris on health care privatization debate
- Canadian government chips in $3M for four Canadore College projects
- ‘It means a lot’: North Bay hospital recognizes local family's contribution
- Recycling brings North Bay record profits
- Northern Ontario porch pirate steals grocery delivery from family in quarantine
- Group that supports LGBTQ2S+ community in North Bay vandalized
- Tourism picking up in North Bay due to different activities
- Cassellholme construction on time, on budget, North Bay officials say
- North Bay airport café reopening downtown
- Young actors in North Bay ready for the spotlight
- Feds chip in money to support North Bay Pride’s September festival
- Critical shortage of affordable housing in Nipissing, group says
- City of North Bay hosting mattress drop-off recycling day
- Officials in North Bay launch initiative to combat human trafficking
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
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