A broken foot last year derailed Courtney Donaldson's dream of playing professional basketball in Europe. But it did nothing to dull her passion for the sport.

The 26-year-old Donaldson, originally from Kelowna, B.C., played university basketball for the Calgary Dinos and the Saint Mary's Huskies, where she was an Atlantic University Sport second-team all-star in 2023-24.

She now plays in the Maritime Women's Basketball Association for the Lake City 56ers, based in Dartmouth, N.S. She recently be…