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Is ‘The Sticky’ based on a true story? Inside the heist that stole $18 million of maple syrup
In July 2012, Michel Gavreau was conducting a routine inspection of a maple syrup warehouse near Laurierville, Quebec. He climbed up a stack of 600-pound barrels, expecting them to support his ...
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The Real Canadian Maple Syrup Heist Behind Prime's The Sticky
A dark comedy series The Sticky, out on Amazon Prime Dec. 6, satirizes a real-life sticky situation: the so-called Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. The theft a global strategic maple syrup ...
100,000 Eggs Stolen—Why This Pennsylvania Heist Matters Now
Pennsylvania overnight—part of a growing wave of food thefts as inflation and supply chain issues turn everyday staples into ...
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Canadian Thieves Pull Off Big Maple Syrup Heist
Sticky-fingered thieves made off with almost 30 million Canadian dollars (US$30.4 million) worth of maple syrup from a strategic reserve in rural Quebec. David George-Cosh reports on the News Hub.
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The Sticky: a 'beautifully unhinged' crime caper
In this new Amazon Prime series, writers Brian Donovan and Ed Herro have "put their own Fargo-like spin" on the real-life Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist of 2011, in which thieves stole almost ...
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Liquid Gold
What an $18 million maple syrup heist tells us about the economics of supply management It was a heist the Pink Panther would have been proud of: over several months, a gang of thieves surreptitiously ...