Barrie, Ont. Mayor Jeff Lehman and the lord mayor of Zweibrucken, Germany, Barrie’s twin city, have exchanged letters of support as the world continues to grapple with the novel coronavirus pandemic. “Thinking of our sister city during these times,” Marold Wosnitza, Zweibrucken’s lord mayor, wrote to the city of Barrie. “Currently in Zweibrucken, your sister city, we are putting our differences beside, we are working together in a way I have never experienced before.” Wosnitza goes on to write that knowing Barrie, he’s convinced it’s also experiencing a “feeling of community” during the challenging times brought on by COVID-19.