10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada:

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10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada:

Original photos by Uggboy , Anton Olsen , and Michael Nerrie . The province of Quebec is responsible for 75 percent of the maple syrup produced in the ENTIRE WORLD. So it’s no surprise that they keep a strategic maple syrup reserve — hot weather ruins the volume and taste of the syrup crop, and pancake fiends can get ugly, so it pays to have backup. Which is all very good planning, until more than a quarter of the syrup nest egg disappears . Whoever took the syrup — 10 million pounds of it, worth more than $30 million — must have put a lot of care and energy into the heist. Painting yourself black, holding a balloon, and pretending to be a cloud is not sufficient to get this sweet stuff out of the vaults; the warehouse is behind a locked fence that is “visited regularly” for security checks. And if that’s not enough (which it really isn’t — shouldn’t there be a trained att...

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@GiantDespair » 11 Sep '12, 6pm
RT @TrulyUsefulCo: NO!! "10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada" @Grist [link]
@JJMellorsPhoto » 11 Sep '12, 6pm
NO!! "10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada" @Grist [link]
@rebekahzemansky » 09 Sep '12, 5am
Flying tacos [link] and missing maple syrup [link] in food news from the north:
@DrReeseHalter » 06 Sep '12, 10pm
What happened to 10 M lbs of maple syrup?? MIA [link]
@hannahh » 06 Sep '12, 1pm
I bet Walter White did it--or inspired it. "10 million pounds of maple syrup has mysteriously gone missing in Canada" [link]
@CityBench » 06 Sep '12, 12pm
The horror! RT @grist: 10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada: [link]
@donutnatsu » 06 Sep '12, 10am
Hey! Won't you share some stolen maple w/ me? XF [link]
@JHarcs » 06 Sep '12, 5am
“@drgrist: 10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada [link] WTF.” it's a national emergency..
@Blueflamemagick » 05 Sep '12, 4pm
True Canadian news story. 10 million pounds (!) of maple syrup have been stolen from the Quebec reserves [link]
@balanceoffood » 05 Sep '12, 4pm
Where the F did the #Quebec #maplesyrup go? We want it back. [link]
@GClugo » 05 Sep '12, 2pm
RT @Dogmanblue: 10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada [link]
@hemoller » 05 Sep '12, 12pm
If you're stealing 10 million pounds of something, make it gold bullion. Or original Beanie Babies. Or...maple syrup? [link]
@AI_Brussels » 05 Sep '12, 6am
Attn: Canadian Expats [link] Any ideas where the maple syrup disappeared to?
@Mslakegeorge » 05 Sep '12, 3am
I suspect IHOP"@grist: Someone stole 10 MILLION pounds of maple syrup?! [link] Sounds like the plot line from a Muppet movie."
@cinmowry » 05 Sep '12, 3am
On the record, It wasn't me. 10 million pounds of maple syrup people! [link]
@JodiEllyn » 05 Sep '12, 3am
“@grist: 10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada: [link]” what's this a-boot!?
@GPROurbangreen » 05 Sep '12, 2am
crazy: @grist: Someone stole 10 MILLION pounds of maple syrup?! [link] Sounds like the plot line from a Muppet movie.
@ppcbuyers » 05 Sep '12, 2am
More than $30 million?! RT @grist: Someone stole 10 MILLION pounds of maple syrup?! [link] Sounds like plot from Muppet movie
@Quixii » 05 Sep '12, 2am
Lol RT @grist Someone stole 10 MILLION pounds of maple syrup?! [link] Sounds like the plot line from a Muppet movie.
@grist » 05 Sep '12, 2am
Someone stole 10 MILLION pounds of maple syrup?! [link] Sounds like the plot line from a Muppet movie.
@pembygrl » 04 Sep '12, 7pm
The Great Maple Syrup Heist? RT @grist: 10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada: [link]
@TangldUpInGreen » 04 Sep '12, 7pm
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@balcaen » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
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@KeiverTremblay » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada: [link] (via @grist) #yyc #cdnpoli #Canada
@b_r_bennett » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
first the coffee, then the chocolate, now the maple syrup. this is getting personal. [link]
@FrockMode » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
Illuminati? RT @grist: 10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada: [link]
@clairesville » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
@willoughbrarian: Insights? 10 million lbs of maple syrup missing in Canada: [link] via @grist #crossborderadventures
@FaithsPa » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
Nooooooooooo :( "@grist: 10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada: [link]"
@School4Villains » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
My theory: Canada's dismemberment enthusiasts are turning people into maple breakfast sausages next. [link] If so, I approve.
@capricorn1860 » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
RT @grist: 10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada: [link]
@j_zimms » 04 Sep '12, 5pm
BTW when I said in that story that pancake fiends can get ugly, I was talking about @kuujjuaq [link]
@j_zimms » 04 Sep '12, 5pm
RT @tvjrennie: 10M lbs. of maple syrup have gone missing in Canada. [link] In unrelated news, I am back from Canada and we ...
@j_zimms » 04 Sep '12, 5pm
I spent way too long on the image for this story about thieves stealing 10 million pounds of syrup. [link]
@gristlist » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
10 million pounds of maple syrup have mysteriously gone missing in Canada [link]
@drricky » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
RT @tvjrennie: 10M lbs. of maple syrup have gone missing in Canada. [link] In unrelated news, I am back from Canada and we ...
@lukekoong » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
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@bigwersk » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
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@ridesmith » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
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@LillyLyle » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
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@GreenSteve_com » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
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@grist » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
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@deborahblum » 04 Sep '12, 6pm
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@johnpavlus » 04 Sep '12, 5pm
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@outdoortype » 04 Sep '12, 5pm
RT @tvjrennie: 10M lbs. of maple syrup have gone missing in Canada. [link] In unrelated news, I am back from Canada and we ...