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Here is one of the numerous houses that Jens Edvard Brandt Steenberg built in Iqaluit in the 1990s, which are still sought after more than 20 years after he built them. Many in the city remember Steenberg, who died May 19 in Pincher Creek, Alta., at the age of 77. “Steenberg built” is still mentioned on realtors’ advertisements as a selling point. Kalman Strauss wrote on the funeral home memory wall that “Jens was not only a really nice person he was also the best homebuilder that Iqaluit ever had! His homes are still the nicest ones in town 20 years later.” You can find an online memory wall for Steenberg here. (Submitted photo)

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It’s time to stop for a cup of tea at Ikpikittuarjuup Ittillinga, which is at the bottom of Moffet Inlet, about 150 kilometres from Arctic Bay, and about 70 kilometres from this group’s destination of Kuugaarjuk on May 14. They caught char the following day at the fishing derby at Kuugaarjuk, but then left that evening due to a storm. (Photo by Clare Kines)

Frank Reardon took this photo of a nesting raven in Iqaluit on May 13. (Photo courtesy of F. Reardon)

It’s springtime in Nunavik and the willow ptarmigan are out looking for food and courtship, like this pair spotted outside of Kangiqsualujjuaq. The birds stay white through the winter months to remain camouflaged in the snow, but the head of the male willow ptarmigan changes to red and brown in the spring. (Photo by Felix St-Aubin)

The Orphan and the Polar Bear, a short animated film in Inuktitut about a little boy who is adopted by a polar bear elder, is among the offerings found at Ilinniarutit TV, a new video-streaming website by the Nunavut Bilingual Education Society. The website aims to teach the Inuit language to preschool children through the use of phonics and vocabulary videos and songs, as well as animated storybooks and books available for download. Visit it at www.ilinniarutit.ca. (Screen shot)

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Members of Nunavik’s co-operative movement gather for their annual meeting in 1974. Nunavik’s federation of 14 co-ops, Ilagiisaq-FCNQ, celebrates its 53rd anniversary today. The federation is Nunavik’s largest employer, with more than 1,100 employees, of which 800 are in the North. (Photo courtesy of Ilagiisaq-FCNQ)

The Toronto Inuit Association is holding online workshops throughout today to celebrate National Seal Products Day. You can join in by visiting the association’s Facebook page. (Image courtesy of the TIA)

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Kids push their bikes up a hill in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, while an iceberg sits frozen in the bay behind them at around 10 p.m. on May 8. The offices of Nunatsiaq News will be closed on Monday for the Victoria Day holiday. We wish our readers a happy and peaceful weekend. (Photo by Norman Koonoo)

Early on Friday morning, the RCMP in Iqaluit blocked off a section of Imiqtarviminiq Road, which is also called the Lake Subdivision, or the 4100 area behind Dead Dog Lake. It was still blocked off at 9:30 a.m. An RCMP spokesperson said they would issue a press release about the incident later in the day. (Photo by Meagan Deuling)

Speaking at a news conference earlier today, Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s chief medical officer, said the territory’s re-opening plan will likely be unveiled next week. Patterson said internal restrictions would be lifted first, “starting with the lowest risk encounters and gradually expanding from there.” The first phase will include increasing the number of people who can be together outdoors, scheduling the opening of parks and opening daycares, Patterson said. The public health emergency has also been extended to May 28. There are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

The old Hudson’s Bay Company buildings in Apex, just outside Iqaluit, are seen on April 3. (Photo by Bill Williams)

The northern lights glow above one of the old Hudson Bay Company buildings in Apex, just outside Iqaluit, on March 14, 2019. (Photo by Bill Williams)

Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s chief public health officer, confirmed today that it is safe for residents to set up their summer tents, despite the fact that Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park remains closed under the public health emergency. However, Patterson said that throughout the public health emergency due to COVID-19 he’s been encouraging people to head out on the land. A previous version of this caption said it was okay to set up tents at Sylvia Grinnell Park. Territorial parks remain closed. (Photo by Meagan Deuling)

Canadian Rangers are at the Pituvik Landholding Corp. offices in Inukjuak to train in the use of personal protective equipment with nurses from the CLSC Inuulitsivik, as part of their mission to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in the region. (Photo courtesy of 2nd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group)

This panoramic view of King George V Mountain near Arctic Bay at sunset was taken on Monday, May 4, at 11:30 p.m., just a few days ahead of the return of the 24-hour sun. (Photo by Clare Kines)

Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq issued an apology today to the territory’s teachers, saying that his comments earlier in the week had been “careless and dismissive.” On Monday, Savikataaq suggested that teachers leaving the territory could be replaced with laid-off educators in Ontario, prompting angry criticism from the Nunavut Teachers’ Association. “It was a reactionary and inappropriate response,” he said today, adding that he wanted all the teachers to know how much he appreciated them. “Teachers, thank you for all you do for Nunavut.” See our story later at Nunatsiaq.com. (File photo)

prompting angry criticism from the Nunavut Teachers’ Association. “It was a reactionary and inappropriate response,” he said today, adding that he wanted all the teachers to know how much he appreciated them. “Teachers, thank you for all you do for Nunavut.” See our story later at Nunatsiaq.com. (File photo)">

Norman Koonoo took this image of people peacefully going about their business in Pond Inlet on April 27. (Photo by N. Koonoo)

Today is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. “Please recognize and honour them,” writes Nathalia Okalik of Iqaluit, who posted this image of herself with a red amauti. Red dresses have become a symbol of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. “Pray for them, as well as their loved ones.” (Photo courtesy of Nathalia Okalik)

“Warmer days mean softer snow up here in Taloyoak … and the kids are going sliding,” said photographer Jonathan Nuss on April 28. After sliding over a rock, this young resident of Taloyoak takes to the air. (Photo by J. Nuss)

David Kakuktinniq spotted these muskox—or umingmak in Inuktitut—between Rankin Inlet and Baker Lake on April 28. “These beasts are awesome,” he wrote. (Photo by David Kakuktinniq)

The Qikiqtani Inuit Association produced this poster to tell residents, in Inuktitut and English, about the importance of keeping kids at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Image courtesy of QIA)