The "Headline" is so "Provincial"!   We don't have a culture in this  country of, hugging and kissing!  If you're trying to be "COOL", the proper etiquette is a mild   "beck" on either cheek but barely touching the skin!  This is the norm in Europe except in  France where, for some stupid reason, it's three mild, unsloppery, becks!  I'm currently living in Spain and when you meet someone, especially for the first time through a third party, you politely give them, a non slopperly kiss on both cheeks!  if you don't BTW, they'll consider you to be a bit of a prat who needs re-education! Thankfully in Canada, we don't have this custom so, to the writer and all readers, take a chill pill, stop trying to be pretentious and just say"hello" or shake the persons hand if they allow you to do so!