i _more_ than agree with the LBS strategy... and i would get to pay in CAN$ (with a lot more taxes but no shipping...) but these tires are really hard to find around where i live... but ordering for ordering, this is the cheapest i've found on the web... and the service was very good.
on the good news side for people in "la belle province" looking for such tires, i heard about the arrival of a "new nokian tire distributor" (for their car tires, but that's a good start!). (most LBS sell innova steel stud tires).
best regards.