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In the rearview mirror: The biggest headlines from Montreal in 2023

From ChatGPT experiments and institutions shuttering to ice storms, floods, fires, and protests, here's a look back on some of the biggest stories of 2023.

J.P. Karwacki

J.P. Karwacki

December 27, 2023- Read time: 15 min
In the rearview mirror: The biggest headlines from Montreal in 2023Photograph: Kajetan Sumila on Unsplash

And just like that, 2023 has come to a close.

As news can come and go at a rapid-fire pace these days, we thought we'd do the work of digging through an entire year's worth it and bring you the biggest headlines from this past year.

Herein lies a time capsule of the city's biggest headlines from the past year, a collection of rising trends, spectacular events, shocking revelations, municipal mutations, and everything in between.

From a relatively easy-going start to the year of journalists playing with AI and bagel-themed sneakers to wars on orange cones, topics either arrived with a bang and fizzled out or smouldered long after they caught on: Housing was an immense headlining topic, natural disasters touched down in every season of the year... but we wouldn't blame you if you didn't keep track of it all.

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