For Close Up Animal Encounters and Lots of Family Fun. Opening For the Season on April 26th 2008 Our popular Kids Zoo opens for the season and it’s FREE with general Zoo admission! Bring the family – they’ll be picking up pointers on five Canadian habitats while they: Enjoy close up encounters with storybook domestic animals like pigs, miniature horses, goats, birds – and skunks! Burrow through a prairie dog tunnel and go nose to nose with the furry inhabitants! Explore a giant aviary, home to wild birds and animals. Dig for dinosaur bones. See the world from the inside of a turtle egg. Play in our two-storey treehouse, swoop down a giant slide, and much more!

A companion to the Shanghai Kaleidoscope exhibition, Shanghai 1860 -1940: Historical Photographs provides an intimate glimpse of Shanghai in the late 19th and early 20th century, a rich yet tumultuous period in its history. Personal, powerful and poignant images chronicle a century of the city’s architecture, people and way of life up to the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. The exhibit includes images from the ROM’s extensive collections of historical photographs, including recent gifts by Joey and Toby Tanenbaum and Jacob Way and Amelia Gertrud Way- Evans, and 12 photographs by celebrated photographer Sam Tata (1911-2005) on loan from the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography in Ottawa. The exhibition will be presented in the Herman Herzog Levy Gallery.

Each summer, visitors to the CN Tower grounds are welcomed by beautiful garden areas planted by Canadian communities from coast to coast. Garden designs change every year and are always a beautiful display of Canada’s natural beauty and the distinct charm of its communities. The CN Tower’s enhanced green spaces are part of its participation in the Communities in Bloom program, a non-profit organization committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautification. The CN Tower Communities in Bloom Gardens also inspire visitors to explore other beautiful areas in Ontario and Canada. Starting off the 2008 Spring garden season, don’t miss 10,000 tulips in full spectacular, colourful bloom in May. Planted by the National Capital Commission (NCC), the tulip gardens showcase the annual spring gardens that Canada’s Capital Region is famous for. Visit www.cntower.ca for more information.

It's Pay What You Can all summer long during weekends from May through August.

Visiting Ships – May through October – John Quay – Harbourfront Centre periodically plays host to tall ships and Coast Guard vessels. The public is often invited free of charge, to board some of these vessels, tour the ship and meet the crew. For information, the public can call 416-973-4000 or check the Harbourfront Centre website.

Discover Toronto’s unique architecture and rich history through ROMwalks, a series of free, guided walking tours of the city. From May to October, tour leaders from the Royal Ontario Museum’s (ROM) Department of Museum Volunteers will lead the public through some of the city’s most distinctive neighbourhoods, visiting Toronto landmarks and illuminating their architectural and historical significance. Walks take place on most Sundays at 2:00 pm and Wednesdays at 6:00 pm and last from one and one half to two hours. Look for the blue ROM umbrella at the starting point of each ROMwalk. A complete schedule of ROMwalks, with meeting points and highlights is provided below. The tours are free to the public, with the exception of private group walks and ROMwalks Plus walks.

Organized by the Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the ROM, Shanghai Kaleidoscope offers an unprecedented view of one of the world's most dynamic cities, highlighting an emerging generation of Chinese artists, architects, and fashion designers. Examining Shanghai as a laboratory for 21st-century urban creation, the exhibition brings together an adventurous mix of art and video installations, photo-works, designer fashion apparel and runway videos by the city's leading contemporary artists and designers. The exhibition will be presented in the Roloff Beny Gallery in the ROM’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal.

The Ontario Science Centre and Science North invite you to experience the new IMAX®film: Mysteries of the Great Lakes. The new IMAX® film Mysteries of the Great Lakes takes audiences on a journey from the tip of Lake Superior to the edge of Lake Ontario and reveals ancient and modern mysteries along the way -- on the only screen large enough to reveal them – IMAX!

First time in Ontario and only at the Toronto Zoo! The Toronto Zoo offers up interaction and fun with the new and exclusive live exhibit. Stingray Bay-A Touching Experience. This exhibit will engage visitors and provide them with the opportunity to humanely and safely interact with these incredible creatures. Situated in our Group Events Tent, within Zellers Discovery Zone, Stingray Bay will feature up to 25 Cownose and Southern stingrays. Guests can also participate in special feedings and learn all about these graceful animals with keeper talks. Don't forget to drop by to pick up a Zoo-Venir at our Stingray Bay Retail Outlet! The stringrays will be supported in a 60,500 litre salt water habitat with waterfall and state-of-the-art life support system. Standard hand wash stations will be available for visitors to use. Tickets are only $3 and FREE to children 3 and under.

See Blue Jays baseball all summer long. 81 home games are played at the Rogers Centre.