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Welcome to the forum. I too am in Vancouver. I ended up getting a Kindle W-Fi. The Kindle and the Sonys are the only ones with the Pearl screen, which I think is a significant improvement over the screens on the Kobo, Nook etc, so much so that I'd only go with the Kindle or the Sony.
The Kindle is $139 US plus the taxes, shipping etc. Futureshop currently has the Sony 650 on sale for $207 CA plus tax.
What it comes down to is whether you are comfortable removing DRM from ePubs that you get from the library or ebook retailers like Kobo. If you are, then a Kindle works nicely in conjunction with Calibre, which you use to convert the ePubs to the Kindle's mobi format. If you are not, then go with the Sony because it supports ePubs natively. Just download them into Adobe Desktop Editions, sync with the Sony, and off you go.
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