The Cape Breton Farmers' Market has been locked out of its building in downtown Sydney, N.S., due to unpaid property taxes.

Manager Pauline Singer said the market has struggled financially since the COVID-19 pandemic, but the landlord does not seem willing to work out a payment plan for the tax arrears.

"We're not hiding the fact that we owe that money," Singer told Cape Breton's Information Morning. "Our priority right now, though, is that all of our vendors' products are locked inside of that m…