A few years ago, when television writer and producer Brian Donovan returned home to New England for the holidays, his ...
From 2011 to 2012, thieves stole $18 million worth of maple syrup from the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers. Among the most valuable heists in Canadian history (and arguably the most ...
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 weight, ...
Canada's most famous export, maple syrup, is liquid gold for the sugarmakers of Quebec. For three amateur crooks, millions of dollars of maple syrup sitting in a poorly guarded warehouse is a sweet ...
As each episode of “The Sticky” declares, Prime Video’s twisted comedy series about a maple syrup heist in Canada, is definitely not accurately depicting the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. But can ...
If you can get past the novelty of the fact that Canada has strategic maple syrup reserve, and the "sticky fingers" jokes leading every single news story about it, the heist in which $30 million of ...
This is FRESH AIR. I'm TV critic David Bianculli. "The Sticky" is a new TV series starring Margo Martindale, inspired by the biggest crime in Canadian history - the theft of a massive amount of ...
It had all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster: the money, the heist and… the maple syrup? Sony Pictures will make a film, starring actor Jason Segel, based on Canada’s Great Maple Syrup Caper, ...
Three-time Emmy Award-winning actress Margo Martindale has found herself in a sticky situation. Well, her lead role as Ruth Landry in Prime Video's The Sticky has, at least. The series, by creators ...
The maple syrup heist that threatened to devastate the Canadian economy (sort of) has been solved (for the most part). Canadian authorities recovered most of the maple syrup and arrested three men in ...
Over a one-year period during 2011 and ’12, some 6 million gallons of maple syrup — about $18 million worth — were stolen from the “strategic maple syrup reserve” controlled by the Federation of ...