TORONTO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index ended higher on Tuesday, its fifth straight rising session and best close in more than a year, as Valeant shares surged 25 percent after the drug maker said it would sell billions of dollars in assets to pay down debt.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE unofficially closed up 45.61 points, or 0.31 percent, at 14,801.23.