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Interesting issue. Stock lenses are always going to suck, especially at the far end, as you can see.
The linked 70-200 is a great lens - L (professional) series, etc - but probably overkill for what you need. It's going to be too heavy, for a start, you probably don't need F2.8, and you probably don't need the image stabiliser.
It comes in a F4 version, no IS - it's a lot cheaper, a lot lighter, and the quality is great - I just one one myself. Problem is, on your rebel, you have the 1.6 multiplication factor, so it'll be a 112 - 320 - great for zoom, terrible for close.
For your case, I'd probably recommend the 24-105 (will be 38 - 168 on your body).
It's an L series lens, meaning it's built well, lens quality and picture quality is good across all the range, it has image stabilisation, and will do a great trick of briding the wide to zoom gap. It's f4, so nicely responsive, also.
Head to a camera shop and try one out - but for what you're looking for, I think this would probably fit the bill.
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