Galen, sorry you are confused! I am the person who recommended the book. If you have the same one, the answers to your questions are all on the page for each master recipe.
Ingredients say all-purpose or bread flour, so I use Allinson's or locally milled varieties.
There is a box explaining how to adapt the recipe for Canadian flour.
I adjust the amount of liquid (usually more) to make a thick paste-like dough, which can be beaten with 40 strokes of a wooden spoon, takes a few seconds only. The point of no-knead is that you don't need a dough hook on a mixer. The mix will be wet, lumpy and sticky. After rising it will still be sticky, so needs to be shaped on a well floured board.
Where it mentions cornmeal on the tin or board used for resting, I use coarse semolina, which enables to loaf to be slid onto the baking tray or stone for the oven.
I will admit that I was a bit daunted when I first read the book, but it is really very easy. I shape a portion from my refrigerated master dough while my morning bath is running, then by the time I come back downstairs it is ready to be baked.
Good luck!