(Ottawa, ON) – March 13, 2024 – On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence sits down with one of his favorite musical talents, Errol “C-Weed” Ranville of the band C-Weed. The two Manitoba boys discuss all things music. From Errol’s early days of growing up in a musical family, including Errol’s road to success. He has received some big lessons in life, and his gifts of writing and music have guided him through many important chapters.

Errol “C-Weed” Ranville grew up in a Métis settlement with a family of 12. He and his brothers would share an old flat-top guitar, imagining themselves as The Beatles. The gift of music ran so effortlessly through the household, and it is no surprise that many bands were formed among them – offshoots and convergences a normal thing, as they were all finding their groove. Errol remembers the first time he ever performed in front of a crowd. It was at the annual Christmas concert in his little one-room schoolhouse, when applause erupted, and something clicked. Since then, C-Weed has travelled across Canada, played in Nashville and toured in Europe. Errol shares about some of the incredible experiences he’s had, including sharing the stage with Waylon Jennings.

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When speaking on his artistic process, Errol is generous and sincere. He shares a Merle Haggard quote, about the belief that all songs are already written “and some of us are privileged to hear them and write them down.” Errol’s music is tied to his love of words. A prolific reader, C-Weed released his own memoir Run as One: My Story in 2021. The book details how Errol has been running all his life, along with all the good and hardships that come with this. Through it all, he finds strength in his community, his music, his love of animals and the will to live and find purpose.

Through his co-founding of the Manito Ahbee Festival in Winnipeg, Errol is committed to the work of Reconciliation. A community builder, Errol is hopeful for creating more opportunities for tourism and connection, through the lens of Reconciliation in Winnipeg. Errol shares how the Truth and Reconciliation 94 Calls to Action are essential and guide the path forward, for us all to Run as One.

The LHF is a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada for over 24 years. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential and Day School Systems and subsequent Child Welfare System on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) Survivors, their descendants, and their communities to promote hope and healing in Canada. The LHF works to encourage Canadians to address discrimination and injustice in order to contribute to the equity, dignity, and respectful treatment of Indigenous Peoples.

The LHF has close to 30 educational exhibitions that promote awareness of Indigenous history that are free to borrow and is working on making exhibitions available online. LHF also has curriculum for K-12 and for adults, along with Activity Guides, Workshops and Training, two Podcast series, all aimed at educating Canadians about Indigenous history and the shared history of Residential and Day Schools, the Child Welfare System, and other colonial acts of oppression. The LHF works to develop empathy and understanding so as to eliminate ongoing racism against Indigenous Peoples and to foster Reconciliation in Canada.

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