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Reports by Eric Taschner
- Election race tightens in Nipissing as candidates make final push for votes
- TP North Bay looking for more donations as the campaign winds down
- Science North brings its science roadshow on the road across the north
- Northern Ontario MP calls a meeting with Prince Charles memorable
- Police remind boaters about rules and regulations ahead of long weekend
- OutLoud North Bay building gets a major facelift
- North Bay Pride hosts election debate, Vic Fedeli absent
- North Bay has warm welcome for veterans and legion members as convention continues
- Nipissing District sees spike in job listings
- Put off cutting your lawn until June
- North Bay students learn on film and TV sets from industry professionals
- North Bay scuba divers clean Lake Nipissing marina
- North Bay beach name change is now official
- North Bay city council to vote on renaming Marathon Beach
- North Bay names its new commander of 22 Wing/CFB North Bay
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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