Bertha Higgs, the mother of New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, died on Monday morning.
The premier’s chief of staff confirmed her passing in a statement posted to Twitter.
Louis Leger says additional details will be released in the near future.
“We all join in expressing our condolences to the Premier, the Higgs family, and the many lives that she touched,” Leger wrote.
Bertha Higgs had just celebrated her 100th birthday on New Year’s Eve.
In a tweet, Interim Liberal leader Roger Melanson said he knows Bertha’s kindness and love were felt by so many.
