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A startup Ottawa business college that took down much of its website last week after this newspaper wrote about its irregularities is back online, but glitches remain.

The Ottawa School of Business and Economics is an online-only private college with about 20 students. Until last week, it claimed to be accredited with Ontario’s Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, which oversees colleges and universities.

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But when we checked, the ministry said it was never accredited. This newspaper also found that the school’s website had listed people as teachers who in fact did not even know the school existed.

The little college took down much of its website Friday. It has no physical location — just a Dymon Storage mailbox.

Now it’s back with new claims, this time saying on its website that its teaching is “authorized” by the ministry.

But once again, the ministry says a firm No.

“All private career colleges offering vocational training in Ontario must be registered with the Superintendent — and have all vocational programs approved by the Superintendent,” the ministry said in an email.