Jack Bowers can’t help but be reminded often of that day, exactly three months ago, when his longtime friend Pat McCracken was shot dead at home in Faro, Yukon.
“Every time I drive by Pat’s home … I’m reminded of Pat and all the good that he did in the community,” said Bowers, the town’s mayor, whose house is across the street from McCracken’s.
McCracken, 73, was killed on Oct. 26 by a gunman on a shooting rampage in the small, remote town about 350 kilometres northeast of Whitehorse. Over the course of an hour, the killer visited several places in Faro, leaving McCracken