If you have a laptop it might be cheaper to just use skype if you plan on a long stay in Canada , otherwise ask your phone provider if they have roaming plans that are cheap for canada calling or buy a cheap pay as you go phone at walmart in montreal , they are usually less than $100 and include 30 days use.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.