No costs awarded in Servatius case

Each party will bear their costs in the case of Candice Servatius versus School District #70.

Justice Douglas Thompson ruled neither side will have to pay the others costs for the week-long Supreme Court case held in Nanaimo last November.

Thompson ruled against Servatius in January, and dismissed charges that a First Nations smudging ceremony in a John Howitt Elementary School classroom infringed on her children’s religious freedoms.

School District Superintendant Greg Smyth said their costs are covered by a provincial government fund.

Servatius has been supported by the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, who have said they will be appealing the decision.