FREDERICTON While most of us are looking forward to seeing an end to this pandemic-stricken year, the final day of 2020 is also one of celebration for the premier of New Brunswick it s his mother s 100th birthday. Blaine Higgs says his mother is excited about marking a century of life, and says she will have a small gathering of family at her home in Forest City, a small rural community on the New Brunswick-Maine border. I call mom and ask, how are you feeling? She says, well I m 100, how do you think? Higgs said, during a recent interview with The Canadian Press. She kind of jokes around about it but in reality, she s excited about her birthday.