TRIVIA NIGHT from 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday night at the Royal Oak Pub Orléans. Free to play. Prizes for the winning team! The Royal Oak Pub is located at 1981 St. Joseph Blvd. near Jeanne d'Arc. For more info visit facebook.com/ RoyalOakPubsOrleans.

MUSIC BINGO at the Orléans Brewing Co. from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. hosted by Shine Karaoke. Free to play with consumption. The Orléans Brewing Co. is located at 4380 Innes Rd. across from Precision Automotive.

TRIVIA NIGHT from 6:30 p.m. at the Stray Dog Brewing Company. Exercise your grey matter before it turns to mush over the holidays. Reservations are a must to secure your spot. Send your team name and number of people to info@straydogbrewing.ca. The Stray Dog Brewing Company is located at 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park.

VALENTINE'S COMMUNITY SENIORS TEA co-hosted by councillors Matt Luloff and Catherine Kitts from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Notre-Dame-des-Champs Community Hall, 3659 Navan Rd. Click here to pre-register.

SDBC AND CAPITAL TEASE PRESENT STRUT BURLESQUE presented by the Kin Club of Orléans from 7 p.m. Enjoy an evening of sultry dance, vintage glamour, and tongue-in-cheek humour –  all while sipping on our finest. It’s the perfect mix of hops and hotness for a night out you won’t forget. For tickets visit www.straydog.ca.

FAMILY DAY ALL AGES MUSIC BINGO DANCE presented by the Kin Club of Orléans from 1 pm to 4 pm at the Queenswood Heights Community Centre, 1485 Dufurd Dr. Tickets are $15 per person and include one bingo card, a bowl of chili and tortilla chips. Proceeds to go to help pay for local community projects. To purchase your tickets in advance go to www.kincluboforleans.ca.

FAMILY DAY ACITIVITY at the Aquaview Community Centre and Park hosted by the Greater Avalon Community Association. Face-painting, kids games, maple syrup kiosk, fire pit and hot chocolate.

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Brooklyn McAlear-Fanus was recently named a second team All-Canadian after completing her fifth and final year with the University of Ottawa Gee-Gee’s. PHOTO TIM AUSTEN / THE CHARLATON

Former St. Matthew Tiger Brooklynn McAlear-Fanus became only the third Ottawa Gee-Gee female basketball player to receive All-Canadian honours last month when she was named to the Second Team of All Canadians for 2019-2020.

The fifth-year Gee-Gees point guard led the nation in assists this past season and was a First Team OUA All-Star for the second year in a row. She ranked eighth in the league in scoring with 15.8 points per game in addition to her nation-leading 6.8 assists per game.

As her Gee-Gees career comes to an end, McAlear-Fanus established a new team record for assists in a career – 424. She surpassed the one hundred assist mark in each of the last three seasons with a career high of 135 this season.

As the team's point guard and ball distributer, McAlear-Fanus was instrumental in her team setting a new school record of 78.5 points per game.

In addition to her scoring and assists, she also set career highs in field goal percentage (40.8) and three-point percen-tage (33.8).

Defensively, McAlear-Fanus was fifth in the conference in steals per game at 2.1, and set a career high with 6.8 rebounds per game. She also recorded Gee-Gee’s first ever triple-double with 19 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds on Jan. 18 against Ontario Tech at Montpetit Hall.

McAlear-Fanus’s ball distribution abilities allowed the Gee-Gees to lead the OUA in field goal percentage, and score a team record 78.5 points per game. The Gee-Gees, with final regular season record of 18-4.

Unfortunately, the Gee-Gees hopes of reaching the CIS U-Sports Final 8 came to a premature end when they lost to the Ryerson Rams in the OUA semi-final.

(This story was made possible thanks to the generous support of our local business partners.)