5 Local Content recommendations to watch this Winter

Happy Holidays! From all of us on the TELUS Local Content team, we want to wish you a happy and healthy holiday season. Let’s make 2025 a year of reaching even greater heights of community building, collaboration and local storytelling!

Over the holidays, our team is looking forward to spending time with friends and family and of course catching up on content. 

Here are five Local Content recommendations for you to enjoy over the holiday season.

Eating Edmonton | TELUS STORYHIVE Voices 

Eating Edmonton is a lifestyle series following three friends Sal, Jess and Cyn as they eat their way through the different neighbourhoods in Edmonton, highlighting the dishes and restaurants that remind them of memorable events in their lives.

Watch now on TELUS Optik TV channel 9, Stream+ and STORYHIVE’s YouTube channel. 

Iniskim: Return of the Buffalo | TELUS originals 

Iniskim: Return of the Buffalo is a cinematic wonder and an incredible opportunity to learn about Indigenous ways of knowing. We watch as a group of puppeteers are transformed by their experience of 'being buffalo' at night under the stars. Amethyst First Rider says to the puppeteers, "You are the buffalo. With each movement of your hands, each connection, each dream, you're creating energy and they become a part of you.

Watch now on TELUS Optik TV channel 8, Stream+ and online. 

It Takes A Village: An East Van Story | TELUS originals 

It Takes a Village explores the transformative power of community, mentorship and basketball in East Vancouver as it follows two Ugandan-Canadian brothers on a journey of resilience and unity as they empower at-risk youth to triumph over adversity. 

Watch now on TELUS Optik TV channel 8, Stream+ and online. 

Kiid Jaad: Spruce Woman | TELUS STORYHIVE Indigenous Storyteller Edition 

Breaking tradition to carry on the Haida art of spruce root weaving, Isabel Rorick, Kiid Jaad - who is Yahgu Janaas of the Yaghu Laanaas clan - now lives on Hornby Island: connected to something beyond tradition.

Watch now on TELUS Optik TV channel 9, Stream+ and STORYHIVE’s YouTube channel. 

On Location in YEG with Rekha & Gabby | TELUS STORYHIVE On Location

In this previously live streamed episode from On Location in YEG with Rekha & Gabby, this crew checks out local Edmonton refillery Re:Plenish YEG to find waste-free gift wrapping solutions and simple stocking stuffers! According to Rekha, this is her favourite place to source her refillable cleaning products and travel-friendly skincare products! Find out more in this live stream about Re:Plenish YEG located on Happy Beer Street off 99th Street, Edmonton.

Watch now on TELUS Optik TV channel 9, Stream+ and On Location in YEG with Rekha & Gabby.