Visit our sugar bush and soak in the sights, sounds, and sweet smells of our beautiful farm! Come for a tapping tour, a sugar shack tour, hiking, taffy, a delicious pancake meal with local farmers' sausages and all-you-can-eat maple syrup, and live music (on select dates)! Our pancakes are made following a beloved family recipe with whole food ingredients. The pork sausages are fresh and picked up every week from Willowtree Farm.

Come join Pingle’s Farm in celebrating Easter and all things spring! This year we’ve got three different ways for you to celebrate. Treat yourself to Easter inspired and mini egg themed baked goods from the bakery, help the Easter bunny collect all his eggs in our Easter-ific Egg Hunt or enjoy a delicious Easter Bunny Brunch in the Pingle’s greenhouse with friends and family (or do all three!).

Bring the whole family to Brooks Farms and celebrate all things Easter at the farm.

The 67th Canadian Police Curling Championship is a week-long event that will be held April 6 - 13, 2024 in Whitby. The competition mirrors the Tim Horton’s Brier as well as the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in that teams from across the country compete in provincial/territory championships to qualify for one of twelve spots in the national championships.   This will be the ninth time since the Championship began in 1956 that the event will be hosted in Ontario.  The teams will play an eleven- game round-robin, followed by a page playoff format that determines the national champion. 

Fun Fact:  In 1985, the Whitby Curling Club also hosted this same event. The Championship Team from 1985 will be returning again this year as Team Canada. (Prov of BC)

The Canadian Police Curling Association (CPCA) is non-profit; hence we must raise funds through sponsorship to fund the national. The host committee is solely responsible for the funding of their event. Equally important for each host committee is to be able to make a substantial donation to the CPCA ‘charity of choice’ Tourette Canada.

This National Championship brings police officers from across Canada to Ontario. The host committee is striving to ensure that we proudly promote the Region of Durham, the sport of curling and our various  Police Services.  This is an amazing opportunity to build partnerships with fellow police officers across Canada, community members and local stakeholders that we serve and protect daily.  

Our desire is to promote health and wellness through; curling, comradery and relationships amongst officers and community by hosting the best Championship we can! We hope to provide our guests with incredible memories and life- long friendships.  

We encourage you to visit the Canadian Police Curling Association website at www.canadianpolicecurlingchampionship.com

Respectfully, Event Hosts:

Ryan Pearce / Shelley Van Erp

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