 He was educated at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, and at St. John's College in Winnipeg.He graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960, and edited the campus paper "The Manitoban" in 1959-60.Humphreys began his career in journalism with the "Edmonton Journal" in 1960, where he met and befriended future Prime Minister Joe Clark, who was then a student at the University of Alberta and a summer student with the newspaper.