Five organizations in Saskatchewan are receiving federal funding to help with the phase out of coal after an announcement made on Friday.

SaskPower reported the facility captured about 626,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide last year and about 507,000 tonnes in 2017.

Saskatchewan's environment minister hoped to sign off on a federal deal outlining the future of coal power in March, but that likely will be pushed back to spring.

The Carbon Capture and Storage facility at Boundary Dam Power Station exceeded its daily capture rate targets for 2018, according to a report from SaskPower.

The provincial and federal governments have come to terms on an equivalency agreement that will see Saskatchewan mostly move away from coal by 2030.

SaskPower will not be moving forward with carbon capture at Boundary Dam 4 and 5. However, the Crown corporation will study CCS potential at another power plant.

SaskPower’s Boundary Dam CCS process has captured over 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide since October 2014.

Brad Wall said Saskatchewan's Boundary Dam 3, a commercial power plant with a carbon capture system, is a world leader in the technology.

Saskatchewan’s Boundary Dam coal power station has been using carbon capture and storage technology for about two years as the U.S. offers up loan for a similar project in Louisiana.

RCMP have recovered the body of a missing 12-year-old boy from a reservoir at Woodlawn Regional Park.