For sur stuff on a board will help you.

There's few book who talk about PICbasic programming, you're in saskatchewan so close to HVW tech in Calgary. Here's the link

http://www.hvwtech.com/pages/default.asp

BUT here's also a few you must know who provide better support + often code example

http://www.rentron.com
http://www.melabs.com/
http://www.mikroelektronika.co.yu/