When I was a rebellious 17-year-old and had just been 'asked to leave' the boarding school that my parents had sweated blood and tears to send me to, I got a job on a local farm picking strawberries.

Toronto is being remade on a grand scale. Each Thursday, the National Post examines the people, places and issues behind Toronto's condo boom. Mia Nielsen loves to watch rain storms come over the lake toward her 25th-floor waterfront condo.

When South Florida's 600,000 public school students return to class in eight days, it won't be the same -- thanks to an array of changes forged by a bleak budget season and a summer of tough choices.

A PERTH man has been charged with driving offences after he crashed his car through the roof of a house in the city's south, landing in the lounge room.

Move over Jonas Brothers, the Kaulitz twins are moving in. The 18-year-old Kaulitz brothers comprise half of Tokio Hotel, a German glam-pop quartet that is creating Beatles-like hysteria among the teen set in their native land. They've sold close t