{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000115",
 "municipality": "Qualicum Beach",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "ai-policy",
 "label": "AI use policy",
 "status": "uncertain",
 "last_verified": null,
 "official_website": "https://www.qualicumbeach.com/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": false,
   "title": "Qualicum Beach wins Spirit of Innovation Award for AI-powered solutions",
   "document_type": "news",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.pqbnews.com/local-news/qualicum-beach-wins-spirit-of-innovation-award-for-ai-powered-solutions-8296822",
   "summary": "Town of Qualicum Beach IT staff won the MISA BC Spirit of Innovation Award for 'Fast and Frictionless - AI-Powered Solutions,' using generative AI to extract data from legacy systems and build semantic search for the public website. Describes the town's own AI tool use; no governing policy mentioned.",
   "confidence": 0.6,
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-01T05:55:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200
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  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": false,
   "title": "Qualicum Beach council honours staff for award-winning digital innovations",
   "document_type": "news",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.pqbnews.com/local-news/qualicum-beach-council-honours-staff-for-award-winning-digital-innovations-8092101",
   "summary": "Council recognized staff for AI/automation-enhanced tools including the Public Inquiry System (2024 Spirit of Innovation Award) that auto-routes resident inquiries, plus the Development Tracker and Tree Removal Permit application. Documents the town's own AI use; no governing AI policy referenced.",
   "confidence": 0.6,
   "capture_sha256": "87076bb0ea043bcb1f165424ea67a1b704af3d7fb79f356f333fc3a74ce130f4",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-01T05:55:24+00:00",
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 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/qualicum-beach/ai-policy/"
}