What price range are you looking at?

$700 basic,$2000 basic ?

I haven't seen a gas stove for under a thousand yet! Part of that might be living in Canada as most of our large appliances are priced higher (even with the good exchange right now) I'd be thrilled with anything under $2000! My husband is currently in sticker shock and the renos are just starting.

Thanks!

Bosch is one of the better "mid-range" gas ranges.

And American Range is near the bottom of the "pro-style" class.But still good if you buy it for cheap.

I have seen both go for cheap on Ebay.

American Ranges thight might be $5K retail go for $1700-$1800 plus $150 shipping to Canada.

Right now there is no auction for American Range but they usually have at least one per week.

I purchased a Gaggenau oven and Liebherr fridge from these guys.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ranges on Ebay from MM

I think if you want a "basic" gas stove that is easily serviced, and you live in a remote part of northern Canada (are there any NON-remote parts of northern Canada? Haha :-)
...well then what you want, above all, is a gas stove that does not have computers or electronics in it. Those are always the first things to fail and fixing them requires a technician who is familiar with that brand (or can get a manual for that brand so they can look up the error codes). And then you end up having to buy a replacement motherboard or whatever, which is expensive... It just makes much more sense to get a range that doesn't HAVE any such parts, a range that is purely mechanical, "old" technology that will last and last.

So I'm going to give you a link to a range that is maybe on the higher end of your price range (it's $2299), but is both basic (NO COMPUTERS OR ELECTRONICS, other than electronic ignition which is very basic) and yet also excellent (made in Italy, fabulous performance, wide range of BTU's on the burners). And then here's a link to a slightly different Bertazzoni, which starts at $2399 for the liquid propane version (and I think that might be an error because usually LP ranges are more expensive that natural gas, so you could ask AJ Madison if perhaps they meant to say the $2399 was for natural gas): http://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/X304GGV.html
These prices are in American dollars, but the exchange rate right now is like $1=$1.01, so it comes out the same.

It's true that if this range ever did break, you would have to order parts that might take a while to come, but I'm guessing based on where you live that that is likely to be true of just about any range you can buy. So the key is to pick a range that is less likely to break--and that would be a range made with simpler technology. It's surprisingly hard to find such ranges. Almost all of them are made in Europe, and most of them cost a lot more than this. Oh, and one of the reviews for that second range on AJ Madison says, "Customer service is excellent; called for replacement wok ring, arrived in 3 days." So it might not even be that much hassle to get replacement parts if needed.

Here is a link that might be useful: Bertazzoni Master

Call me a heretic, but my boring, pedestrian, uncool, white GE "XL44" Spectra has been serving me well for 15 years. I think the similar model today is about USD575.

Hey, you said "basic."

This is a different model from the one we just purchased, Kenmore Elite 3104, but they look about the same. I love my new gas range. Is Sears local?

Here is a link that might be useful: Kenmore slide in gas range

Maybe a relatively basic GE range? It's likely pretty easy to get parts. They have ranges at 500 bucks -- from the Profile line they start at maybe 1200?

We're upgrading from a 12+ year-old GE Profile gas range for various reasons, but not because the range has failed us in any way. Zero problems & zero repairs, and it's been a decent performing range all around. I'm springing for higher output open burners (and lower), and more, and etc., and I'm looking forward to it, but I reckon you could do a lot worse.

I love my Bosch range -- We have the Evolution 700. It took a while, but I found it online for $1300 on a holiday sale.

I've gotten so much good information, thank you!

I did discover online a semi-local dealer that has the Bertazzoni's (I'm shocked actually---how much do you want to bet he doesn't have one in the showroom?) I'm anxious to see what they retail for here.

So far the GE's are coming up on top as I can get sales AND service through our semi-local Sears but I like the look of the Kenmore ellaf posted.

There is no AJ madison in Canada and I'm not paying to ship anything that heavy/expensive (I couldn't even find whether they deliver here anyway) I'm not sure how it would work for building inspection for certification if they aren't CSA inspected.

I did see a blue star at the semi-local costco but the door would barely open and shut properly, I don't know if it was bent or what. Also how hard is it to clean a stainless steel top? That is another thing I didn't love--it was already totally scratched up.