The abandoned Dow Brewery is in the process of being repurposed into a new campus pavilion by the École Technologie Superieure. Once the contamination and interior machinery are removed, the plan is to demolish several buildings of the old brewery. Architectural designs suggest some buildings will be preserved and repurposed whereas others will be destroyed to make way for the new campus. Because there have been breweries onsite since the early 1800s, many of the existing buildings have historical value – and ghost stories.

While noted for their historical charm and timekeeping abilities, some of Montreal’s clocks are reputed to be haunted. Most of Montreal’s haunted clocks are located on St. James Street, an area associated with the extreme desecration of French colonial cemeteries by various financial corporations.

This month we provide an update on the Hôpital de la Miséricorde and analyze controversial plans by Hydro-Québec to integrate an electricity substation into the haunted site. The ghost-ridden Hôpital de la Miséricorde has been empty for years and is starting to crumble. Located on prime real estate in Downtown Montreal...