Syrian, Canadian students fight video sparks protest

Educators and RCMP are trying to keep the peace at a central Alberta school after someone posted a video on social media of a fight between a small group of Syrian and Canadian students. The scuffle outside Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School last week attracted online comments accusing the immigrants of whipping students and accusing school officials of not disciplining the Syrians. More than a dozen people showed up at the school parking lot Tuesday to protest, including an anti-Muslim group called Worldwide Coalition Against Islam. Principal Dan Lower says all the students involved in the fight — four Syrians and four Canadians — have been suspended for one week. Lower says protesters have no connection to the school.