I am partial to kerosene lanterns, as fuel tends to be less expensive and easily found anywhere in the world, Coleman makes a very good one ,
http://www.coleman.com/product/1-mantle ... Q8JImfjKrABut if you are into hunting the regular Coleman fuel ones , search around on yard sales, you can find some Coleman 286 (single mantle adjustable output) or Coleman 288(double mantle adjustable output) really cheap if you look in craigslist or amazon, the Coleman 200A is an extremely reliable lantern that will give years o service with little maintenance ( the single mantle red lanterns), it really depends on how much you want to spend, and what you can find on that budget.
Single mantle ones are very good, and when you buy a two mantle pack, you can always have a spare.
PS, I just noticed the British Columbia tearjerkers....search for a good Coleman Canada 335, awesome lanterns!!, also you can find in your neck of the woods the Coleman 237 , brutally bright 500 CP workhorse, here is a review of the beauties you can find in your neck of the woods:
http://tgmarsh.faculty.noctrl.edu/lante ... t4670.htmlhttp://tgmarsh.faculty.noctrl.edu/lante ... nt7193.htm