CANADA STOCKS-TSX nears seven-week high as miners, TransCanada advance

* TSX up 39.40 points, or 0.27 percent, at 14,882.50 * Eight of 10 main index sectors advance * TransCanada climbs 1.4 percent on news of activist interest By John Tilak TORONTO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index reached its highest in nearly 7 weeks on Monday as gains in shares of gold miners and TransCanada Corp helped offset concerns about Japan falling into a recession. Japan's gross domestic product shrank by an annualized 1.6 percent in the July-September qu