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Reports by Eric Taschner
- North Bay police celebrate Pride Month with new ball cap and uniform patches
- Armed Forces Day ceremony draws thousands to North Bay waterfront
- North Bay nurse provided primary care in Ukraine to families fleeing war
- Veteran marching against vaccine mandates journeys through the north
- Vandalized Sturgeon Falls school teepee repaired, rebuilt
- Canadore College to build new $8.5M indoor sports complex
- North Bay senior wins award for protecting Laurier Woods Conservation Area
- Northern Ontario reaction to vaccine travel requirement ending
- Timiskaming drug and alcohol committee looking for input
- OPP celebrates northern Ontario heroes
- North Bay hairstylist offers free haircuts for those down on their luck
- 'It shows respect': Northern students paint display to celebrate 100th anniversary of poppy’s adoption
- Birdwatchers in Callander upset after being locked out of bird sanctuary
- Teams pull a heavy plane to raise funds for North Bay charities
- Vic Fedeli wins Nipissing, will go to Queen's Park for a fourth term
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