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 ...

The Sticky, a middling new Prime Video series inspired by the $18.7-million maple-syrup heist of 2012, is what you call “sirop de poteau” in Quebec. That’s a French expression for the fake ...