Whilst wandering the foot hills of the Himalaya’s Leni Goggins received a phone call explaining that her estranged grandmother, Christina Goggins had died at the age of 82 in a cramped suburban apartment in Delta, B.C. She was standing just 100 miles from the birthplace of Christina, a town called Misoori in India. After a long conversation with a baby cow, whom Leni believed was communicating the last wishes of her grandmother, she decided that she would not forget this day and that she would do her best to right the wrong of never hearing Christina’s story while she was alive.

Sir George Lester dies and leaves his legacy to Lester’s Army, haunting the magazine hence forth.

Lester’s Army had it’s humble beginnings back in 2006 when too many zines led to one big magazine published at the Purple Thistle in East Vancouver. Leni Goggins brought together a group of ten youth to seek the answer to a few simple questions: Why have youth and seniors grown apart in Canadian society? Can they be brought back together? Can we make a whole magazine about that idea?

The first issue of Lester’s Army, the WWII Issue, is published and funded by the Vancouver Foundation.

GranPaparazzi, a senior style blog, is started by Cass Savage, Shanti Macfronton, Jacob Bridger and Leni Goggins.

Lester’s Army moves from the back rooms and kitchen tables of its members into the newly renovated Woodwards building.

Lester’s Army officially becomes a non-profit society registered with the Government of British Columbia on March 31, 2011.