CANADA STOCKS-TSX touches record highs as Tim Hortons rallies
August 25, 2014 at 17:01 PM EDT
* TSX up 63.19 points, or 0.41 percent, at 15,598.74 * Eight of 10 main index sectors advance * Tim Hortons climbs 19 percent on news of merger talks By John Tilak TORONTO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index touched an all-time high before notching a record high close on Monday as shares of Tim Hortons Inc shot upward after the coffee chain confirmed it was in merger talks with Burger King. Tim Hortons and Burger King said late on Sunday the new company would be th