Grace Islet is a small island in Salt Spring Island's Ganges Harbour seen here December 10, 2014 where an Edmonton businessman is constructing a home on a B.C. First Nation burial ground. Construction of Barry Slawsky’s retirement home on Grace Islet in the Gulf Islands stalled on Dec. 18, with the concrete foundation and walls in place. On Thursday, the province explained why: It has reached a tentative deal to buy his island in an 11th-hour bid to protect the ancient aboriginal cemetery that covers the property.The multimillion-dollar deal, expected to be finalized in February, will see the land protected as a nature conservancy, jointly managed by the local First Nations who had threatened legal action to protect what they deemed to be a sacred site. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)