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 "municipality": "St. Catharines",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "ai-policy",
 "label": "AI use policy",
 "status": "uncertain",
 "last_verified": "2026-05-26",
 "official_website": "http://www.stcatharines.ca",
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "AI-powered digital assistant enhances City website",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.stcatharines.ca/en/news/ai-powered-digital-assistant-enhances-city-website.aspx",
   "summary": "City of St. Catharines announcement of 'Catharine', an AI digital assistant powered by Microsoft Copilot Studio that answers resident questions on stcatharines.ca. An AI deployment, not a governing policy; references data privacy safeguards but no council-adopted AI policy.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-01T05:55:24+00:00",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/st-catharines/ai-policy/"
}