Judge recommends Alberta bars have heated shelters after freezing deaths

An Alberta judge says bars need measures like heated outdoor shelters and free coat checks to keep patrons from dying in the cold after leaving.

The fatality inquiry report by provincial court Justice Carol Godfrey comes after two men died of hypothermia near the former The Ranch Roadhouse . (The building has since rebranded as Midway Music Hall and only opens for ticketed events.)

Court heard two men froze to death a year apart from each other near the nightclub along Calgary Trail near 61 Avenue in south Edmonton.

Tyler Emes, 18, a university student, was found dead on the ground outside the Ranch in the snow on Nov. 19, 2017.

On Nov. 18, 2018, 20-year-old Mohamed (Mo) Munyeabdi/Abdi was drinking at The Ranch with friends on a Friday night when he was told he had to leave.

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