Honouring a local crossing guard

Honouring a local crossing guard

January 31, 2022 4:35 pm EST.

For more than a decade, the kids at one street corner in Toronto’s York neighbourhood were protected by crossing guard Concetto Merlino. Brandon Rowe is hearing about how the community hopes to honour Merlino after his death.

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