Kwabena Oduro

Journalist

Kwabena Oduro is an award-winning video journalist with CBC Montreal. Kwabena was a mixed-zone reporter for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games where he covered canoe, kayak and rowing. He enjoys covering sports and community stories and anything that brings a smile to people's faces. Have a story idea? Drop him an email at kwabena.oduro@cbc.ca.

Latest from Kwabena Oduro

Montreal Toundra cancels its upcoming pro basketball season

The Montreal Toundra are now just the latest in a long history of professional basketball teams struggling to stay afloat in Montreal. General manager and founder Juan Mendez says he's hoping the team will be back next season.

Ticketmaster customers in Montreal sound alarm after online tickets vanish

A Montreal influencer and other Ticketmaster users are raising concerns about disappearing online tickets, suspecting a link to a recent data breach. Ticketmaster insists it’s implementing security measures and encourages customers to not reuse passwords.

Pro-Palestinian Montrealers gather to mark anniversary of start of current war in Gaza

As pro-Palestinian protesters reflect on the last year, they continue to call for a ceasefire and an immediate arms embargo.

Joyce Echaquan remembered at Montreal rally, 4 years after her death

People gathered at Saturday evening rally on the fourth anniversary of the 37-year-old Atikamekw woman's death, where they called on Quebec to take more action against discrimination in health care.

Nunavik and Montreal police join forces after reported security threats to Inuit community

The patrols are meant to build trust with the Inuit community in Montreal, which police say has been receiving threats and harassment from criminal groups smuggling drugs to Quebec's Far North.

Boaters have been stuck at a Quebec marina for 2 weeks due to canal repairs

Boaters have been trapped in a marina on the Chambly Canal — some for two weeks — after Parks Canada was forced to lower water levels to enact dike repairs, making it impossible to leave.

Plaque installed for 12 children who drowned in Quebec boating tragedy 70 years ago

Seventy years after 12 children drowned in one of this country’s worst boating tragedies, a commemoration plaque has been installed at the site of the incident to honour the victims.

Video of man throwing water on homeless person in Montreal draws outrage

The incident happened Saturday at the entrance of MTL Gaming Centre on St. Laurent Boulevard, in Montreal's Chinatown, where a homeless man was sleeping.  

'We're not going anywhere,' say pro-Palestinian protesters at McGill encampment

Students camping out on McGill's campus in solidarity with Palestinians say they won't go anywhere until the university divests from funds linked to weapons manufacturers, banks and other companies with ties to the war in Gaza. The university said it is working with Montreal police to ensure campus safety.

Union takes step to represent Amazon warehouse workers in Laval, Que.

A Quebec-based union is trying to represent hundreds of Amazon.com Inc. workers at a warehouse in Laval, Que., a first of its kind in Canada if they succeed.