Papal replacement
An estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world, including those in Powell River, may not have to wait as long as expected to find out who will lead their church.
Pope Benedict XVI announced on Monday, February 25 an amendment to Roman Catholic church law that allows the process of choosing a new pope to begin earlier than March 15.
Benedict’s resignation, the first by a pope in nearly 600 years, takes effect on Thursday, February 28.
A new pope is chosen by a conclave of the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The process involves a series of secret ballots until one of the cardinals receives two-thirds of the votes.
Ten cardinals have been identified as potential frontrunners, including Cardinal Marc Ouelett, of Quebec City.
High winds impact service
BC Ferries cancelled some sailings between Powell River, Vancouver Island and Texada Island on Sunday, February 24 due to high winds.
The company cancelled the 10:10 am, 3:15 pm and 7:15 pm from Little River and the noon, 5:15 pm and 8:45 pm from Powell River.
As well, the 7:40 pm and 10:10 pm from Texada were cancelled, as were the 9:10 pm and 11 pm from Powell River to Texada.
The Powell River airport recorded winds from the southeast gusting up to 65 kilometres an hour on Sunday.
High winds continued into Monday morning, causing the Queen of Burnaby on the Powell River-Comox route to run about 80 minutes behind schedule.
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