Vancouver homeowner overrun by aphids frustrated by city ignoring problem

When Sheila and Aron Louis moved into their house on a quiet treed street in East Vancouver, little did they know how much grief one of those tall trees would cause them during the summer.
Every May or June, the giant tulip tree, which towers higher than their two-storey home, attracts colonies of aphids. And the little green bugs emit what’s known as honeydew, an excretion that coats their house, their ornamental trees, their driveway and their car with a shiny, sticky film. The little dr