 After graduating from Queen 's in 1928 , Wilfrid Eggleston began writing for the locally printed Lethbridge Herald . He wrote under Canadian Senator William Ashbury Buchanan , whom had acquired ownership of the newspaper in 1905 . Eggleston held Buchanan and his politics in high regard during his short stay at the publication . After just one year writing in Lethbridge , he became Ottawa correspondent for the Toronto Star in 1929 , and witnessed significant political events in this position , including the passing of the Statute of Westminster in 1931 and the British Empire Economic Conference of 1932 . 
