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 . He also began writing through the media agency Reuters in the late 1920s by means of a syndicated weekly newspaper column , with a selection of his political pieces featuring in '' Time Magazine '' and a plethora of other noted publications . By the time Eggleston had resigned from the '' Toronto Star '' in 1936 , he had risen to become the newspaper 's parliamentary correspondent ; he 'd finished reporting through Reuters within the same year
British Empire Economic Conference
British Empire Economic Conference
Wilfrid Eggleston