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Reports by Eric Taschner
- Injured person in custody, suspected to be responsible for downtown North Bay fire
- ‘It’s a big debut’: North Bay metal band records first album, gearing up to jam at the Capitol Centre
- 'We are all connected': First Nations communities celebrate culture and tradition in North Bay Pow Wow
- Film producers heap praise on North Bay’s movie and TV culture as province provides more money
- Northern doctor calls for changes to improve health care in the north
- Saturday basketball games in North Bay to raise racism awareness, raise money for BIPOC bursary
- North Bay's iconic gateway arch undergoing facelift
- Soaring demand at Canadore College’s student food bank
- North Bay city councillor wants city to switch to a ward system
- North Bay family’s Dominican trip in limbo due to passport delay
- 22 Wing/CFB North Bay supports military members struggling with mental health
- Battalion players take turns serving food to North Bay's homeless
- Homeless support services in North Bay at capacity
- Ice Follies art festival returns to frozen Lake Nipissing this February
- North Bay police chief calls for reform of bail system after murder of OPP officer
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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