If your location "North of the 49th" means you are in Canada, you might look at the Noma High Output Cree Flashlight at Canadian Tire stores -- see it at www.canadiantire.ca, Product #65-2069-2. It is a little over the $25 mark at $29.99 Cdn but without US exchange and shipping the cost compares favorably with a $25 US flashlight.

I have two and find them very serviceable.