All,
A good friend suggested that I try CCS software and compiler for pic CAN BUS communication called "PCD". Not to be an advertiser of another companies product but the software is GREAT for CAN applications, lcds, glcd. PCD is alot more work than PBP (mostly because of the pure C syntax) but other than that they have alot of built in functions (similar to PBP) you can use.....

So far I have been able to recieved and send data between 4 nodes (uP's) at 125k baud. If you need/ want to use CAN communications I high suggest going with CCS. The software is 2-3 x PBP $ but well worth it especially because you can program all 8/16/24/dsPIC's on the list. They also have some great development boards and demo kits for all kinds of projects.

there ya have it....