Sparks Street in Downtown Ottawa, Nov. 20. Photo credit: Baylee Clark

Ottawa’s downtown buzz has hushed due to the pandemic. But the moments captured in photos can still speak volumes.

On Nov. 20, Algonquin Times journalists set out to capture the mood of the nation’s capital on a cloudy Friday morning.

This is what they saw.

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