The other thing is your budget... the kit lens for the canon - i had one (sold it for an upgrade with IS and a bit more range) and really couldnt see much wrong with it - when it is going for about £50 on ebay you cant really complain about the quality because there isnt much to complain about at that price!
If you have a bigger budget then adjust your "requirements" accordingly. However until you actually get a DSLR you wont really know what you want until you have used it for a bit - so i would recommned just getting the kit lens and work from there, dont go in for buying everything at once, you might not want or need the lens that someone reccomended to you...  ebay is your friend ;)
Also you said you used an SLR back in the day so you will probably know a bit about things. One thing to consider is that until you get to the 5D and the 1D in the canon range of bodies ($$$'s) then you are looking at a 1.6x crop sensor, so that means the 18-55mm lens you think you have in your hand is actually a 29-88mm lens on what you might have been used to ;)

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